Newtonhill School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Newtonhill School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 95.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Newtonhill School in detail
School in Scotland
Newtonhill 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.
Newtonhill School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 335 pupils, an average class size of 25.8 and 19.3 pupils per teacher.
23% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 76% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.7% in 2024/25, and 10.3% 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 73% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Newtonhill School are Fishermoss School (1.3 miles), Portlethen Primary School (1.9 miles), Hillside School (2.6 miles) and Lairhillock School (3.3 miles).
Fishermoss SchoolPortlethen Primary SchoolHillside SchoolLairhillock School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Portlethen Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (at), 70 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 Newtonhill 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
- 0
- 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, 0 serious and 1 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 Newtonhill School
What is the catchment area for Newtonhill School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Newtonhill 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 Newtonhill School?
If you live in Newtonhill 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 Newtonhill 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, 0 serious and 1 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 Newtonhill School?
Newtonhill School is at St Michael's Road, Newtonhill, Stonehaven, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB39 3XW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)