Aberlemno Primary School, FORFAR
Aberlemno Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Forfar.
- Attendance
- 95.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Aberlemno Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Aberlemno 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.
Aberlemno Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 10 pupils, an average class size of 10 and 7.1 pupils per teacher.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.7% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 20% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Aberlemno Primary School are Tannadice Primary School (3.2 miles), Whitehills Primary School (4.7 miles), Letham Primary School (4.7 miles) and Strathmore Primary School (5.4 miles).
Tannadice Primary SchoolWhitehills Primary SchoolLetham Primary SchoolStrathmore Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Aberlemno Primary School.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (at), 30 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 Aberlemno 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
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
2 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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 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 Aberlemno Primary School
What is the catchment area for Aberlemno Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Aberlemno 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 Angus. Angus publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Aberlemno Primary School?
If you live in Aberlemno Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Angus will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Angus - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Aberlemno Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 2 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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Aberlemno Primary School?
Aberlemno Primary School is at School Road, Aberlemno, FORFAR, FORFAR, DD8 3PE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)