Dunnottar School, KINCARDINESHIRE
Dunnottar School is a primary school for pupils in Kincardineshire.
- Attendance
- 95.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dunnottar School in detail
School in Scotland
Dunnottar 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.
Dunnottar School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 128 pupils, an average class size of 21.3 and 15.6 pupils per teacher.
51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 44% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.5% in 2024/25, and 11.4% 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 poor (C); the school was 66% full.
Dunnottar School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include netball, running, dance, choir and art.
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Dunnottar School are Arduthie School (0.4 miles), Mill O'Forest School (0.9 miles) and Catterline School (4.6 miles).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Stonehaven Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dunottar Primary School (at), 30 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 Dunnottar School in March 2024.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- 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, 3 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
2 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.
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Questions parents ask about Dunnottar School
When was Dunnottar School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dunnottar School in March 2024.
What is the catchment area for Dunnottar School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dunnottar 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 Dunnottar School?
If you live in Dunnottar 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 Dunnottar 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, 3 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 2 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 Dunnottar School?
Dunnottar School is at High Street, Stonehaven, KINCARDINESHIRE, KINCARDINESHIRE, AB39 2JN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)