Hillside School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Hillside School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 95.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Hillside School in detail
School in Scotland
Hillside 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.
Hillside School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 446 pupils, an average class size of 26.2 and 18.6 pupils per teacher.
6% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 20% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 70% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.8% in 2024/25, and 10.6% 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 88% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Hillside School are Portlethen Primary School (1 mile), Fishermoss School (1.3 miles), Banchory-Devenick School (1.6 miles) and Charleston School (2.4 miles).
Portlethen Primary SchoolFishermoss SchoolBanchory-Devenick SchoolCharleston School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Portlethen Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
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 Hillside School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
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 Hillside School
What is the catchment area for Hillside School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Hillside 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 Hillside School?
If you live in Hillside 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 Hillside 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 Hillside School?
Hillside School is at Newlands Drive, Portlethen, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB12 4LX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)