Lochpots School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Lochpots School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 93.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lochpots School in detail
School in Scotland
Lochpots 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.
Lochpots School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 156 pupils, an average class size of 22.3 and 16.1 pupils per teacher.
38% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 73% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 31% speak English as an additional language.
43% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.1% in 2024/25, and 25.6% 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 58% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Lochpots School are Fraserburgh North School (0.5 miles), Fraserburgh South Park School (0.6 miles), St Andrew's Primary School (0.6 miles) and Sandhaven School (1.4 miles).
Fraserburgh North SchoolFraserburgh South Park SchoolSt Andrew's Primary SchoolSandhaven School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Lochpots School.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Macrae Seafoods (opposite), 190 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 Lochpots School in September 2025.
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Lochpots School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
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.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
1 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 Lochpots School
When was Lochpots School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lochpots School in September 2025. 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 Lochpots School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lochpots 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 Lochpots School?
If you live in Lochpots 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 Lochpots 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. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 1 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 Lochpots School?
Lochpots School is at Robertson Road, Fraserburgh, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB43 9BF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)