Hanover Street School, ABERDEEN
Hanover Street School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeen.
- Attendance
- 93.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Hanover Street School in detail
School in Scotland
Hanover Street 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.
Hanover Street School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 242 pupils, an average class size of 24.2 and 16.7 pupils per teacher.
36% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 49% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 44% speak English as an additional language.
7% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 19% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.5% in 2024/25, and 19.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 83% full.
Hanover Street School in its own words
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Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Hanover Street School are Gilcomstoun School (0.8 miles), Skene Square School (0.8 miles), Sunnybank School (0.9 miles) and Ferryhill School (1 mile).
Gilcomstoun SchoolSkene Square SchoolSunnybank SchoolFerryhill School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Aberdeen Rail Station, about 830 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wales Street (opposite), 30 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Hanover Street School are Aberdeen Grammar School (1 mile) and Harlaw Academy (1.2 miles).
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 Hanover Street School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Ferry Terminals
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt.
1 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 Aberdeen City is 3 (the median across 69 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
Hanover Street School
Questions parents ask about Hanover Street School
What is the catchment area for Hanover Street School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Hanover Street 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 Aberdeen City. Aberdeen City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Hanover Street School?
If you live in Hanover Street School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Aberdeen City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Aberdeen City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Hanover Street School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt. 1 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 Aberdeen City is 3 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Hanover Street School?
Hanover Street School is at Beach Boulevard, ABERDEEN, ABERDEEN, AB24 5HN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)