Abernethy Primary School, Abernethy
Abernethy Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Abernethy.
- Attendance
- 96.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Abernethy Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Abernethy 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.
Abernethy Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 112 pupils, an average class size of 18.7 and 14 pupils per teacher.
25% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 63% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 96.4% in 2024/25, and 7.5% 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 40% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Abernethy Primary School are St Madoes Primary School (2.9 miles), Newburgh Primary School (3.2 miles), Dunbarney Primary School (4 miles) and Auchtermuchty Primary School (4.1 miles).
St Madoes Primary SchoolNewburgh Primary SchoolDunbarney Primary SchoolAuchtermuchty Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Abernethy Primary School.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Inkerman Alley (at), 90 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 Abernethy Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Bus Stops
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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 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 Abernethy Primary School
What is the catchment area for Abernethy Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Abernethy 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 Perth & Kinross. Perth & Kinross publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Abernethy Primary School?
If you live in Abernethy Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Perth & Kinross will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Perth & Kinross - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Abernethy Primary 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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Abernethy Primary School?
Abernethy Primary School is at 78 Main Street, Abernethy, Abernethy, PH2 9LA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)