Alford Academy, ALFORD
Alford Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Alford.
- Attendance
- 91.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Alford Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Alford 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 689 pupils and 11.7 pupils per teacher.
8% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 39% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 46% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.7% in 2024/25, and 24.3% 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 98% full.
94% 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.
Alford Academy in its own words
In its own words: "We have 7 periods on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and 6 Periods on a Thursday and Friday."
On phones, the school says: "Phones and earphones should not be used in class or while moving around the campus."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Alford Academy.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Alford Academy (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 Alford Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Alford Academy is a secondary school in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, serving communities in a catchment zone that ranges from the Lecht to Dunecht.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
Latest from Alford Academy
Lumsden Employment Support Drop In
1 Oct 2026
Lumsden Events and Opportunities
30 Sep 2026
Daily Bulletin - Wednesday 30 September
29 Sep 2026
October Holidays Junior Ranger taster Programme - Bennachie
28 Sep 2026
Daily Bulletin - Tuesday 29 September
28 Sep 2026
Over 2 Youth Event
25 Sep 2026
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 1 serious and 0 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 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 Alford Academy
What is the catchment area for Alford Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Alford 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 Alford Academy?
If you live in Alford 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 Alford Academy?
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, 1 serious and 0 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Alford Academy?
Alford Academy is at Alford Community Campus, Greystone Road, ALFORD, ALFORD, AB33 8TY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)