Ellon Academy, ELLON
Ellon Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Ellon.
- Attendance
- 89.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Ellon Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Ellon 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 1178 pupils and 12.5 pupils per teacher.
12% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 36% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
1% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 38% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.1% in 2024/25, and 34.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 84% full.
95% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Ellon Academy.
1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Campus (at), 190 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Ellon Academy are Meiklemill School (1.2 miles), Ellon Primary School (1.2 miles), Ythan Bridge School (1.6 miles) and Auchterellon School (1.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Aberdeenshire publishes both.
Meiklemill SchoolEllon Primary SchoolYthan Bridge SchoolAuchterellon School
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Ellon Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Ellon Academy is a secondary comprehensive school in the Aberdeenshire town of Ellon. In August 2015, the school moved to its new purpose-built campus to the south of the town.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Ellon Academy
What is the catchment area for Ellon Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Ellon 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 Aberdeenshire. Aberdeenshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Ellon Academy?
If you live in Ellon Academy'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 Ellon Academy?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Ellon Academy?
Ellon Academy is at Community Campus, Kellie Pearl Way, ELLON, ELLON, AB41 8LF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)