Heathryburn School, ABERDEEN
Heathryburn School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeen.
- Attendance
- 91.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Heathryburn School in detail
School in Scotland
Heathryburn 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.
Heathryburn School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 286 pupils, an average class size of 22 and 15.1 pupils per teacher.
53% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 70% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 24% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.2% in 2024/25, and 30.3% 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 good (A); the school was 98% full.
Heathryburn School in its own words
In its own words: "Heathryburn School provides children with two years of pre-school education and seven years of primary education. We are a non-denominational school and support Aberdeen City Council’s Inclusion Policy. The school serves the catchment area to the north-west of Northfield. The school was built in 2009 and is a single storey building of “semi-open plan” design."
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 Heathryburn School are Westpark School (0.2 miles), Quarryhill School (0.7 miles), Kingsford School (0.7 miles) and Brimmond School (0.8 miles).
Westpark SchoolQuarryhill SchoolKingsford SchoolBrimmond School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dyce Rail Station, about 2.9 miles away in a straight line.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Howes Road (at), 90 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Heathryburn School are Bucksburn Academy (0.9 miles), Northfield Academy (1 mile) and Hazlehead Academy (1.6 miles).
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 Heathryburn School in July 2025.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Heathryburn School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 1 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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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Questions parents ask about Heathryburn School
When was Heathryburn School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Heathryburn School in July 2025.
What is the catchment area for Heathryburn School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Heathryburn 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 Heathryburn School?
If you live in Heathryburn 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 Heathryburn School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 1 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 Heathryburn School?
Heathryburn School is at Howes Road, ABERDEEN, ABERDEEN, AB16 7RW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)