Banff Academy, ABERDEENSHIRE
Banff Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 89.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Banff Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Banff 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 922 pupils and 12.2 pupils per teacher.
18% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 66% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 89.3% in 2024/25, and 34.4% 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 71% full.
92% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% 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 Banff Academy.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Academy (opposite), 30 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Banff Academy are Banff Primary School (0.2 miles), Macduff School (1.7 miles) and Whitehills School (1.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Aberdeenshire publishes both.
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 Banff Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Banff Academy is a S1–S6 secondary school in Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It serves the towns of Banff, Macduff, Whitehills, Portsoy, Aberchirder, Gardenstown, Ordiquhill, Fordyce and surrounding communities.
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At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- 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: none fatal, 1 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 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 Banff Academy
What is the catchment area for Banff Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Banff 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 Banff Academy?
If you live in Banff 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 Banff Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 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 Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Banff Academy?
Banff Academy is at Bellevue Road, Banff, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB45 1BY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)