Mintlaw Academy, PETERHEAD ABERDEENSHIRE
Mintlaw Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Peterhead Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 90.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Mintlaw Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Mintlaw Academy 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 873 pupils and 12.4 pupils per teacher.
16% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 49% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 90.5% in 2024/25, and 31.7% 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 93% full.
95% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Mintlaw Academy.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Academy (at), 90 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Mintlaw Academy are Pitfour School (0.1 miles), Mintlaw Primary School (0.6 miles) and Fetterangus School (1.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Aberdeenshire publishes both.
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 Mintlaw Academy in February 2023.
- 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.
About
Mintlaw Academy is a secondary school in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
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Questions parents ask about Mintlaw Academy
When was Mintlaw Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Mintlaw Academy in February 2023. 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 Mintlaw Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Mintlaw Academy 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 Mintlaw Academy?
If you live in Mintlaw Academy'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 Mintlaw Academy?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Mintlaw Academy?
Mintlaw Academy is at Station Road, Mintlaw, PETERHEAD ABERDEENSHIRE, PETERHEAD ABERDEENSHIRE, AB42 5FN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)