Aboyne Academy, ABERDEENSHIRE
Aboyne Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 92.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Aboyne Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Aboyne Academy 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 631 pupils and 11.3 pupils per teacher.
7% of pupils are registered for free school meals and 19% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 39% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.5% in 2024/25, and 23.7% 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 84% full.
100% of pupils who left in 2023/24 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 97% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Aboyne Academy.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Aboyne Academy and Primary (at), 40 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 Aboyne Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Aboyne Academy is a secondary school in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The school is located on the Western side of the village and serves many other villages in the surrounding area, including: Braemar, Ballater, Kincardine O'Neil and Tarland.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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 Aboyne Academy
What is the catchment area for Aboyne Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Aboyne Academy 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 Aboyne Academy?
If you live in Aboyne Academy'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 Aboyne Academy?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Aboyne Academy?
Aboyne Academy is at Bridgeview Road, Aboyne, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB34 5JN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)