Finzean School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Finzean School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 95.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Finzean School in detail
School in Scotland
Finzean 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.
Finzean School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 34 pupils, an average class size of 17 and 10.6 pupils per teacher.
0% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 0% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 95.1% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 48% full.
Source: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Finzean School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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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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Questions parents ask about Finzean School
What is the catchment area for Finzean School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Finzean 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 Finzean School?
If you live in Finzean 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 Finzean School?
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 Finzean School?
Finzean School is at Finzean, By Banchory, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB31 6NY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)