Crombie School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Crombie School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 96.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Crombie School in detail
School in Scotland
Crombie 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.
Crombie School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 335 pupils, an average class size of 23.9 and 17 pupils per teacher.
38% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 65% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 96.5% in 2024/25, and 5.4% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 98% full.
Crombie School in its own words
In its own words: "Please note that children who live within the school catchment zone are automatically entitled to a place in school. Please use the zone map to check whether or not you live within the Crombie School catchment area."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Crombie School are Westhill Primary School (0.2 miles), Elrick School (0.5 miles), Kingswells School (2.2 miles) and Skene School (2.3 miles).
Westhill Primary SchoolElrick SchoolKingswells SchoolSkene School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Crombie School.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fare Park Drive, 80 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Crombie School in February 2026.
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Crombie School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
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.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
1 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
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Crombie School
Questions parents ask about Crombie School
When was Crombie School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Crombie School in February 2026. 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 Crombie School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Crombie 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 Crombie School?
If you live in Crombie 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 Crombie School?
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. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 1 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 Crombie School?
Crombie School is at Hays Way, Westhill Skene, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB32 6XZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)