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Fraserburgh South Park School, ABERDEENSHIRE

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Fraserburgh South Park School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.

Attendance
94.1%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Fraserburgh South Park School in detail

School in Scotland

Fraserburgh South Park 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.

Fraserburgh South Park School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 368 pupils, an average class size of 26.3 and 19.7 pupils per teacher.

12% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 56% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.

3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 24% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 94.1% in 2024/25, and 17.7% 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 67% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Fraserburgh South Park School are St Andrew's Primary School (0.5 miles), Lochpots School (0.6 miles), Fraserburgh North School (0.7 miles) and Sandhaven School (1.9 miles).

St Andrew's Primary SchoolLochpots SchoolFraserburgh North SchoolSandhaven School

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Fraserburgh South Park School.

18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Provost Milne Drive (at), 60 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Aberdeenshire
Phone:01346 415850
Address:Philorth Avenue, Fraserburgh, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB43 9QB
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Fraserburgh South Park School in February 2025.

  • 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
  • 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood

HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.

Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.

URN:5217024

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

Keep up with Fraserburgh South Park School

Getting There

Bus Stops

Provost Milne Drive (at)
64m · 1 min walk
St Modans Place (opp)
107m · 2 min walk
Witchhill Road (at)
170m · 3 min walk
Cortes Crescent (opp)
192m · 3 min walk
Brodick Road (opp)
203m · 3 min walk

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 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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Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Fraserburgh South Park School

When was Fraserburgh South Park School last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Fraserburgh South Park School in February 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.

What is the catchment area for Fraserburgh South Park School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Fraserburgh South Park 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 Fraserburgh South Park School?

If you live in Fraserburgh South Park 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 Fraserburgh South Park 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, 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 Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Fraserburgh South Park School?

Fraserburgh South Park School is at Philorth Avenue, Fraserburgh, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB43 9QB.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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