New Pitsligo & St John's School, ABERDEENSHIRE
New Pitsligo & St John's School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 94.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
New Pitsligo & St John's School in detail
School in Scotland
New Pitsligo & St John's 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.
New Pitsligo & St John's School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 111 pupils, an average class size of 22.2 and 14.1 pupils per teacher.
69% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.1% in 2024/25, and 13.1% 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 72% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to New Pitsligo & St John's School are Strichen School (4 miles) and Tyrie School (4.6 miles).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of New Pitsligo & St John's School.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Market Place (se-bound), 80 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 New Pitsligo & St John's 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)
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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Questions parents ask about New Pitsligo & St John's School
What is the catchment area for New Pitsligo & St John's School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and New Pitsligo & St John's 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 New Pitsligo & St John's School?
If you live in New Pitsligo & St John's 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 New Pitsligo & St John's School?
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 New Pitsligo & St John's School?
New Pitsligo & St John's School is at School Street, New Pitsligo Fraserburgh, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB43 6NE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)