Kininmonth School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Kininmonth School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 93.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kininmonth School in detail
School in Scotland
Kininmonth 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 20 pupils, an average class size of 20 and 10 pupils per teacher.
45% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.9% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 40% full.
Kininmonth School in its own words
In its own words: "Below are the vision, values and aims which have been developed by the school community . Vision Kininmonth School...where we are happy, confident, valued, respected and encouraged to be the best we can be. • Provide a positive, safe, friendly and welcoming environment for all. • Create independent learners and thinkers motivated to reach their full potential."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Kininmonth School are Fetterangus School (1.7 miles), Mintlaw Primary School (2.8 miles), Pitfour School (2.9 miles) and Crimond School (3.8 miles).
Fetterangus SchoolMintlaw Primary SchoolPitfour SchoolCrimond School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Kininmonth School.
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 Kininmonth School in June 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Kininmonth School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
2 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 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 Kininmonth School
When was Kininmonth School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kininmonth School in June 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Kininmonth School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kininmonth 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 Kininmonth School?
If you live in Kininmonth 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 Kininmonth School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 2 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 Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Kininmonth School?
Kininmonth School is at Kininmonth, Peterhead, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB42 4HT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)