Methlick School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Methlick School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 94.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Methlick School in detail
School in Scotland
Methlick 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.
Methlick School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 136 pupils, an average class size of 22.7 and 15.8 pupils per teacher.
29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 94.6% in 2024/25, and 14.4% 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 91% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Methlick School are Barthol Chapel School (3.2 miles) and Tarves School (3.8 miles).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Methlick School.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is War Memorial (opposite), 120 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Methlick School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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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Questions parents ask about Methlick School
What is the catchment area for Methlick School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Methlick 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 Methlick School?
If you live in Methlick 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 Methlick 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 Methlick School?
Methlick School is at Methlick, Ellon, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB41 7DS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)