Lairhillock School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Lairhillock School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 96.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lairhillock School in detail
School in Scotland
Lairhillock 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.
Lairhillock School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 125 pupils, an average class size of 20.8 and 16.9 pupils per teacher.
38% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 96.2% in 2024/25, and 4% 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 58% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Lairhillock School are Newtonhill School (3.3 miles), Culter School (3.6 miles), Fishermoss School (3.7 miles) and Hillside School (4 miles).
Newtonhill SchoolCulter SchoolFishermoss SchoolHillside School
Source: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lairhillock School in September 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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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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 Lairhillock School
When was Lairhillock School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lairhillock School in September 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Lairhillock School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lairhillock 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 Lairhillock School?
If you live in Lairhillock 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 Lairhillock 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 Lairhillock School?
Lairhillock School is at Lairhillock, Netherley, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB39 3QS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)