Cults Academy, ABERDEEN

Cults 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 1346 pupils and 13.7 pupils per teacher.

7% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 36% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 10% speak English as an additional language.

0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 73% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 94% in 2024/25, and 16.6% 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 95% full.

97% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 99% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Cults Academy are Hazlehead Academy (1.8 miles), Harlaw Academy (3.3 miles), Aberdeen Grammar School (3.5 miles) and Northfield Academy (3.6 miles).

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Cults Academy.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Quarry Road (at), 290 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Cults Academy are Cults School (0.3 miles), Milltimber School (1.4 miles) and Countesswells School (1.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Aberdeen City publishes both.