Aberfoyle Primary School, Aberfoyle
Aberfoyle Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Aberfoyle.
- Attendance
- 94.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Aberfoyle Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Aberfoyle Primary 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.
Aberfoyle Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 66 pupils, an average class size of 16.5 and 11 pupils per teacher.
41% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.1% in 2024/25, and 16.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 76% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Aberfoyle Primary School are Gartmore Primary School (2.4 miles), Port of Menteith Primary School (4 miles) and Buchlyvie Primary School (5.6 miles).
Gartmore Primary SchoolPort of Menteith Primary SchoolBuchlyvie Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Aberfoyle Primary School.
1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Trossachs Gift Co (at), 350 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 Aberfoyle Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 0 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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 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 Aberfoyle Primary School
What is the catchment area for Aberfoyle Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Aberfoyle Primary 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 Stirling. Stirling publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Aberfoyle Primary School?
If you live in Aberfoyle Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Stirling will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Stirling - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Aberfoyle Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 0 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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Aberfoyle Primary School?
Aberfoyle Primary School is at Lochard Road, Aberfoyle, Aberfoyle, FK8 3SZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)