Fishermoss School, ABERDEENSHIRE

Fishermoss 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.

Fishermoss School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 253 pupils, an average class size of 25.3 and 18.2 pupils per teacher.

30% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.

0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 80% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 95.6% in 2024/25, and 11.3% 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 71% full.

In its own words: "Fishermoss School is located in the coastal town Portlethen located 7 miles south of Aberdeen. The population is 8,969 (2022 census) making it the 7th most populous settlement within Aberdeenshire. Portlethen has a business park, retail parks, tennis courts, all-weather pitches, play parks, bowling green, swimming pool and a golf club."

The nearest other state primary schools to Fishermoss School are Portlethen Primary School (0.6 miles), Hillside School (1.3 miles), Newtonhill School (1.3 miles) and Banchory-Devenick School (2.8 miles).

The nearest railway station is Portlethen Rail Station, about 980 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ash Place (opposite), 30 metres away.