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Bervie School, ANGUS

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Bervie School is a primary school for pupils in Angus.

Attendance
94.4%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Bervie School in detail

School in Scotland

Bervie 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.

Bervie School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 207 pupils, an average class size of 25.9 and 18 pupils per teacher.

35% 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 27% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 94.4% in 2024/25, and 15.8% 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 61% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Bervie School are Gourdon School (1.1 miles), Johnshaven School (4.2 miles) and Catterline School (4.2 miles).

Gourdon SchoolJohnshaven SchoolCatterline School

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Bervie School.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kirkburn Drive (at), 170 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Aberdeenshire
Phone:01561 400685
Address:Church Street, Inverbervie, ANGUS, ANGUS, DD10 0RU
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Bervie School's reports on the inspectorate's website.

URN:5249120

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Kirkburn Drive (at)
165m · 3 min walk
Market Square (at)
232m · 4 min walk
Aberdour Court (at)
341m · 6 min walk
West Park (at)
563m · 9 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
1
Fatal
0
Serious
1
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, 1 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 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.

Commute and house prices

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Questions parents ask about Bervie School

What is the catchment area for Bervie School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bervie 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 Aberdeenshire. Aberdeenshire publishes the zone boundary.

How do I apply to Bervie School?

If you live in Bervie School'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 Bervie 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, 1 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 Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Bervie School?

Bervie School is at Church Street, Inverbervie, ANGUS, ANGUS, DD10 0RU.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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