Gourdon School, MONTROSE
Gourdon School is a primary school for pupils in Montrose.
- Attendance
- 96.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Gourdon School in detail
School in Scotland
Gourdon 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 56 pupils, an average class size of 18.7 and 13.3 pupils per teacher.
66% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 96.4% 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 56% full.
Gourdon School in its own words
In its own words: "Gourdon Primary School is a non-denominational school rebuilt in 1957 following a fire which destroyed the original building. The school serves the village and surrounding area and comprises a variety of owner occupier and council houses. The school was inspected by HMIE in March 2026 and the inspection team found the following strengths in the school’s work."
The school runs a breakfast club from 8:45am.
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 Gourdon School are Bervie School (1.1 miles), Johnshaven School (3.2 miles) and Catterline School (5.2 miles).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Gourdon School.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Selbie Place (opposite), 100 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 Gourdon School in April 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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
Keep up with Gourdon School
Getting There
Bus Stops
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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Questions parents ask about Gourdon School
When was Gourdon School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Gourdon School in April 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Gourdon School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Gourdon 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 Gourdon School?
If you live in Gourdon 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 Gourdon 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 Gourdon School?
Gourdon School is at McGill Terrace, Gourdon, MONTROSE, MONTROSE, DD10 0LU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)