Laurencekirk School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Laurencekirk School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 94.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Laurencekirk School in detail
School in Scotland
Laurencekirk 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.
Laurencekirk School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 386 pupils, an average class size of 24.1 and 17.2 pupils per teacher.
26% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 24% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 55% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.8% in 2024/25, and 12.8% 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 good (A); the school was 89% full.
Laurencekirk School in its own words
In its own words: "We are grateful to all who participated in our school values consultation as part of our promoting positive relationships review. The following shared values have been chosen as they best represent the views of pupils, staff, families and the local community: We will continue to explore these values during assemblies and health and wellbeing lessons."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, dance, drama, choir and chess.
Vision and values (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Laurencekirk School are Luthermuir School (3.4 miles), Marykirk School (3.7 miles), Redmyre School (3.7 miles) and St Cyrus School (4.4 miles).
Luthermuir SchoolMarykirk SchoolRedmyre SchoolSt Cyrus School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Laurencekirk Rail Station, about 860 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Frain Drive (at), 50 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 Laurencekirk School in May 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
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.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 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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Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
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Questions parents ask about Laurencekirk School
When was Laurencekirk School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Laurencekirk School in May 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Laurencekirk School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Laurencekirk 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 Laurencekirk School?
If you live in Laurencekirk 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 Laurencekirk 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. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Laurencekirk School?
Laurencekirk School is at Frain Drive, Laurencekirk, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB30 1EG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)