Crathie School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Crathie School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 95.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Crathie School in detail
School in Scotland
Crathie 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 15 pupils, an average class size of 15 and 7.9 pupils per teacher.
33% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 95.6% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 32% full.
Crathie School in its own words
In its own words: "Developments in education and the economy, both locally and globally, provide powerful drivers for change in the way we organise young people’s learning. Curriculum for Excellence is one of the most ambitious programmes of educational change ever undertaken in Scotland."
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 Crathie School.
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Crathie School in June 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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 Crathie School
When was Crathie School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Crathie School in June 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Crathie School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Crathie 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 Crathie School?
If you live in Crathie 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 Crathie School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Crathie School?
Crathie School is at Crathie, Ballater, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB35 5UL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)