Gordon Primary School, Aberdeenshire
Gordon Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 92.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Gordon Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Gordon Primary 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.
Gordon Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 337 pupils, an average class size of 25.9 and 15 pupils per teacher.
29% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.5% in 2024/25, and 24.9% 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 good (A); the school was 78% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Gordon Primary School are Drumblade School (3.3 miles) and Cairney School (3.9 miles).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Huntly Rail Station, about 860 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Gordon Schools (s bound), 70 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Gordon Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- 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, 0 serious and 1 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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Questions parents ask about Gordon Primary School
What is the catchment area for Gordon Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Gordon Primary 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 Gordon Primary School?
If you live in Gordon Primary 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 Gordon Primary 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, 0 serious and 1 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 Gordon Primary School?
Gordon Primary School is at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire, AB54 4SE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)