Airyhall School, Aberdeen
Airyhall School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeen.
- Attendance
- 96.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Airyhall School in detail
School in Scotland
Airyhall 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.
Airyhall School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 347 pupils, an average class size of 24.8 and 17 pupils per teacher.
25% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 89% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 96.4% in 2024/25, and 5.5% 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 80% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Airyhall School are Broomhill School (1 mile), Kaimhill School (1 mile), Hazlehead School (1 mile) and St Joseph's RC School (1 mile).
Broomhill SchoolKaimhill SchoolHazlehead SchoolSt Joseph's RC School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Aberdeen Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Library (at), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Airyhall School are Hazlehead Academy (1.1 miles), Harlaw Academy (1.4 miles) and Aberdeen Grammar School (1.6 miles).
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 Airyhall 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
- 1
- 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: 1 fatal, 0 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 Aberdeen City is 3 (the median across 69 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 Airyhall School
What is the catchment area for Airyhall School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Airyhall 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 Aberdeen City. Aberdeen City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Airyhall School?
If you live in Airyhall School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Aberdeen City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Aberdeen City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Airyhall School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 0 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 Aberdeen City is 3 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Airyhall School?
Airyhall School is at Countesswells Road, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB15 8AD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)