Bucksburn Academy, ABERDEEN
Bucksburn Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Aberdeen.
- Attendance
- 92.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Bucksburn Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Bucksburn 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 975 pupils and 11.2 pupils per teacher.
20% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 57% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 12% speak English as an additional language.
5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 43% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.9% in 2024/25, and 22.2% 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 107% full.
95% of pupils who left in 2023/24 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Bucksburn Academy are Northfield Academy (1.7 miles), Dyce Academy (2 miles), Oldmachar Academy (2.5 miles) and Hazlehead Academy (2.5 miles).
Northfield AcademyDyce AcademyOldmachar AcademyHazlehead Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dyce Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.
19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kingswalk (opposite), 120 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Bucksburn Academy are Brimmond School (0.3 miles), Stoneywood School (0.4 miles), Heathryburn School (0.9 miles) and Westpark School (1.1 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Aberdeen City publishes both.
Brimmond SchoolStoneywood SchoolHeathryburn SchoolWestpark School
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 Bucksburn Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Bucksburn Academy is the only state secondary school in Bucksburn, a suburb/town in Aberdeen, Scotland serving as the sole provider of secondary education. Bucksburn Academy's catchment area includes the suburbs of Bucksburn, Newhills and Kingswells, though some pupils do attend from other nearby areas, such as Stoneywood and Dyce.
From Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Bucksburn Academy
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 7 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.
3 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.
Commute and house prices
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Bucksburn Academy
What is the catchment area for Bucksburn Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bucksburn 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 Aberdeen City. Aberdeen City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Bucksburn Academy?
If you live in Bucksburn Academy'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 Bucksburn Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 7 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 3 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 Bucksburn Academy?
Bucksburn Academy is at Kepplehills Road, Bucksburn, ABERDEEN, ABERDEEN, AB21 9DG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)