Insch School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Insch School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 94.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Insch School in detail
School in Scotland
Insch 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.
Insch School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 307 pupils, an average class size of 25.6 and 18 pupils per teacher.
19% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 19% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 7% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.3% in 2024/25, and 14.8% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 83% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Insch School are Premnay School (2.1 miles), Old Rayne School (2.6 miles), Oyne School (2.8 miles) and Rayne North School (4.5 miles).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Insch Rail Station, about 510 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rannes Street (at), 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 Insch School in December 2022.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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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 Insch School
When was Insch School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Insch School in December 2022. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Insch School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Insch 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 Insch School?
If you live in Insch 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 Insch 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 Insch School?
Insch School is at Alexander Street, Insch, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB52 6JH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)