Keith Primary School, MORAY
Keith Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Moray.
- Attendance
- 92.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Keith Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Keith Primary 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.
Keith Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 332 pupils, an average class size of 25.5 and 15.8 pupils per teacher.
42% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 55% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.2% in 2024/25, and 25.4% 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 good (A); the school was 83% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Keith Primary School are St Thomas RC Primary School (0.5 miles), Newmill Primary School (0.9 miles), Cairney School (5 miles) and Botriphnie Primary School (5.3 miles).
St Thomas RC Primary SchoolNewmill Primary SchoolCairney SchoolBotriphnie Primary School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Keith Town (Keith and Dufftown Railway), about 510 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Banff Road (at), 160 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Keith Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Tube / Metro / Tram
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
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.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 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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Keith Primary School
Questions parents ask about Keith Primary School
What is the catchment area for Keith Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Keith Primary 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 Moray. Moray publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Keith Primary School?
If you live in Keith Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Moray will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Moray - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Keith Primary 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. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Keith Primary School?
Keith Primary School is at School Road, Keith, MORAY, MORAY, AB55 5ES.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)