Mile End School, ABERDEEN
Mile End School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeen.
- Attendance
- 94.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Mile End School in detail
School in Scotland
Mile End 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.
Mile End School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 585 pupils, an average class size of 23.4 and 16 pupils per teacher.
18% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 28% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 50% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.8% in 2024/25, and 14.5% 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 114% full.
Mile End School in its own words
In its own words: "Please look at the scroll down menu under 'Our School' heading to see all of our content."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Mile End School are St Joseph's RC School (0.5 miles), Cornhill School (0.7 miles), Gilcomstoun School (0.8 miles) and Skene Square School (0.8 miles).
St Joseph's RC SchoolCornhill SchoolGilcomstoun SchoolSkene Square School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Aberdeen Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hosefield Avenue (at), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Mile End School are Aberdeen Grammar School (0.6 miles), Harlaw Academy (0.7 miles), Northfield Academy (1.1 miles) and St Machar Academy (1.4 miles).
Aberdeen Grammar SchoolHarlaw AcademyNorthfield AcademySt Machar Academy
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 Mile End School in December 2024.
- 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
Keep up with Mile End School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
2 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 Aberdeen City is 3 (the median across 69 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
Questions parents ask about Mile End School
When was Mile End School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Mile End School in December 2024. 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 Mile End School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Mile End 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 Aberdeen City. Aberdeen City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Mile End School?
If you live in Mile End School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Aberdeen City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Aberdeen City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Mile End School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 2 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 Aberdeen City is 3 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Mile End School?
Mile End School is at Mid Stocket Road, ABERDEEN, ABERDEEN, AB15 5LT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)