Glenbervie School, KINCARDINESHIRE
Glenbervie School is a primary school for pupils in Kincardineshire.
- Attendance
- 95.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Glenbervie School in detail
School in Scotland
Glenbervie 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 48 pupils, an average class size of 24 and 14.1 pupils per teacher.
42% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.7% in 2024/25, and 14.5% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 48% full.
Glenbervie School in its own words
In its own words: "Each child who attends Glenbervie School is required to complete the Internet Safety, Media Permission & Responsible Use of IT in Aberdeenshire Schools with their parents. Parents and children are required to sing the agreement to show that they understand every child's role and responsibility when using technology in school."
The school runs a breakfast club.
Vision and values (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Glenbervie School are Auchenblae School (3.9 miles) and Redmyre School (3.9 miles).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Glenbervie School.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rolland Road (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 Glenbervie School in September 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
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 Glenbervie School
When was Glenbervie School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Glenbervie School in September 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Glenbervie School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Glenbervie 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 Glenbervie School?
If you live in Glenbervie 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 Glenbervie 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 Glenbervie School?
Glenbervie School is at Drumlithie, Stonehaven, KINCARDINESHIRE, KINCARDINESHIRE, AB39 3YS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)