Aberdeen Grammar School, Aberdeen

Aberdeen Grammar 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.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 1369 pupils and 12.1 pupils per teacher.

12% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 42% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 22% speak English as an additional language.

3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 52% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 93.4% in 2024/25, and 19.2% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 115% full.

97% of pupils who left in 2023/24 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 98% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

In its own words: "Our vision statement of “Working Together, Learning Together, Achieving Together” places positive relationships at the heart of all the work we do. We believe that by working together we can offer our young people the widest range of opportunities and experiences. The individual success of our young people matters to us."

The nearest other state secondary schools to Aberdeen Grammar School are Harlaw Academy (0.3 miles), St Machar Academy (1.3 miles), Northfield Academy (1.6 miles) and Hazlehead Academy (2.2 miles).

The nearest railway station is Aberdeen Rail Station, about 1040 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Osborne Place (opposite), 140 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Aberdeen Grammar School are Gilcomstoun School (0.2 miles), Skene Square School (0.4 miles), Mile End School (0.6 miles) and St Joseph's RC School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Aberdeen City publishes both.