Meethill School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Meethill School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 93.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Meethill School in detail
School in Scotland
Meethill 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.
Meethill School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 176 pupils, an average class size of 25.1 and 15.6 pupils per teacher.
38% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 55% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 12% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 93.5% in 2024/25, and 20.6% 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 good (A); the school was 63% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Meethill School are Dales Park School (0.3 miles), Clerkhill School (0.5 miles), Burnhaven School (0.6 miles) and Peterhead Central School (1 mile).
Dales Park SchoolClerkhill SchoolBurnhaven SchoolPeterhead Central School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Meethill School.
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Springbank (at), 90 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 Meethill School in May 2024.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Meethill School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 2 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on a bicycle.
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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Meethill School
Questions parents ask about Meethill School
When was Meethill School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Meethill School in May 2024.
What is the catchment area for Meethill School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Meethill 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 Meethill School?
If you live in Meethill 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 Meethill School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 2 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on a bicycle. 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 Meethill School?
Meethill School is at School Road, Peterhead, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB42 2BF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)