Aberchirder School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Aberchirder School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 95.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Aberchirder School in detail
School in Scotland
Aberchirder School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
Aberchirder School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 108 pupils, an average class size of 21.6 and 14.8 pupils per teacher.
28% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 65% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.6% in 2024/25, and 12.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 48% full.
Aberchirder School in its own words
In its own words: "We strive to make your child feel special and will work hard with the children and parents/carers to ensure they have a memorable learning experience with us. We value the support of all of our school community and the wider village community; constantly looking for opportunities to extend these valuable links."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, gymnastics and STEM.
Vision and values (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Aberchirder School.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School Lane (ne-bound), 200 metres away.
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Aberchirder School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Aberchirder School
What is the catchment area for Aberchirder School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Aberchirder School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to Aberdeenshire. Aberdeenshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Aberchirder School?
If you live in Aberchirder School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Aberdeenshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Aberdeenshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Aberchirder School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Aberchirder School?
Aberchirder School is at Smith Crescent, Aberchirder Huntly, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB54 7TW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)