Dyce School, ABERDEEN
Dyce School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeen.
- Attendance
- 92.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dyce School in detail
School in Scotland
Dyce 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.
Dyce School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 355 pupils, an average class size of 19.7 and 15.2 pupils per teacher.
35% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 26% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
1% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 40% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.7% in 2024/25, and 25.5% 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 67% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Dyce School are Stoneywood School (1.6 miles), Brimmond School (2.2 miles), Danestone School (2.6 miles) and Middleton Park School (2.6 miles).
Stoneywood SchoolBrimmond SchoolDanestone SchoolMiddleton Park School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dyce Rail Station, about 380 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Skene Place (at), 210 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 Dyce School in December 2021.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- 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, 0 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 pupils are likely to move to
Dyce School
Questions parents ask about Dyce School
When was Dyce School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dyce School in December 2021.
What is the catchment area for Dyce School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dyce 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 Dyce School?
If you live in Dyce 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 Dyce School?
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, 0 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 Dyce School?
Dyce School is at Gordon Terrace, Dyce, ABERDEEN, ABERDEEN, AB21 7BD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)