Danestone School, ABERDEEN
Danestone School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeen.
- Attendance
- 95.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Danestone School in detail
School in Scotland
Danestone 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.
Danestone School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 236 pupils, an average class size of 23.6 and 17 pupils per teacher.
15% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 16% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
2% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 73% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.3% in 2024/25, and 10.7% 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 69% full.
Danestone School in its own words
In its own words: "Our school vision is to respect the rights of every child as we listen and care for each other. In the session 21/22 our learners at Danestone felt we needed mascots to support the development and understanding across the school of our Values. In October 2022 a competition was held to design the value mascots."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Danestone School are Forehill School (0.8 miles), Middleton Park School (0.8 miles), Glashieburn School (0.8 miles) and Woodside School (0.8 miles).
Forehill SchoolMiddleton Park SchoolGlashieburn SchoolWoodside School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dyce Rail Station, about 2.7 miles away in a straight line.
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fairview Brae (at), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Danestone School are Oldmachar Academy (0.8 miles) and Bridge Of Don Academy (0.8 miles).
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 Danestone School in December 2022.
- 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 Danestone School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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.
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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Danestone School
Questions parents ask about Danestone School
When was Danestone School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Danestone School in December 2022. 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 Danestone School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Danestone 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 Aberdeen City. Aberdeen City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Danestone School?
If you live in Danestone School'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 Danestone School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Danestone School?
Danestone School is at Fairview Brae, Danestone Bridge of Don, ABERDEEN, ABERDEEN, AB22 8ZN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)