Dyce Academy, ABERDEEN
Dyce Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Aberdeen.
- Attendance
- 90%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dyce Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Dyce 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 685 pupils and 12.5 pupils per teacher.
19% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 40% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 34% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90% in 2024/25, and 32.7% 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 98% full.
95% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Dyce Academy are Bucksburn Academy (2 miles), Oldmachar Academy (2.2 miles), Bridge Of Don Academy (2.7 miles) and Northfield Academy (3.2 miles).
Bucksburn AcademyOldmachar AcademyBridge Of Don AcademyNorthfield Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dyce Rail Station, about 1120 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tornashean Gardens (opposite), 160 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Dyce Academy are Dyce School (0.5 miles) and Stoneywood School (1.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Aberdeen City publishes both.
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 Dyce Academy in February 2025.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Dyce Academy is the only state secondary school in Dyce, a small suburb of Aberdeen, serving as the sole provider of secondary education in the area. Dyce Academy's catchment area includes Dyce and the nearby village of Newmachar, though some pupils do attend from other nearby areas such as Bucksburn.
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At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 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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Feeder Primary Schools
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Dyce Academy
Questions parents ask about Dyce Academy
When was Dyce Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dyce Academy in February 2025.
What is the catchment area for Dyce Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dyce Academy 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 Dyce Academy?
If you live in Dyce Academy'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 Dyce Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 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 Dyce Academy?
Dyce Academy is at Riverview Drive, Dyce, ABERDEEN, ABERDEEN, AB21 7NF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)