Cults School, ABERDEEN

Cults 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.

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

In the 2025 pupil census it had 603 pupils, an average class size of 28.7 and 19.8 pupils per teacher.

29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 16% speak English as an additional language.

0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 72% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 95.6% in 2024/25, and 8.4% 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 108% full.

In its own words: "If you would like to contact a member of the teaching staff, please do so through the school office."

From the headteacher's welcome: "We aim to provide you with information and news about our school and to keep you informed about events and activities relevant to you and your child. Cults Primary/Nursery School serves the Cults area of Aberdeen City. The school was built in the 1970s and is of open plan design, with three main teaching units and a nursery."

The nearest other state primary schools to Cults School are Milltimber School (1.3 miles), Countesswells School (1.4 miles), Hazlehead School (1.9 miles) and Airyhall School (1.9 miles).

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

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Academy (at), 380 metres away.

The secondary schools closest to Cults School are Cults Academy (0.3 miles) and Hazlehead Academy (1.7 miles).