Orchard Brae School, ABERDEEN
Orchard Brae School is a special school for pupils in Aberdeen.
- Attendance
- 91.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Orchard Brae School in detail
School in Scotland
Orchard Brae 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 111 pupils and 3.7 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 10% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.3% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Orchard Brae School are Hospital & Home Tuition Service (1.7 miles), Aberdeen School for the Deaf (2.7 miles) and Camphill Rudolf Steiner School (4.5 miles).
Hospital & Home Tuition ServiceAberdeen School for the DeafCamphill Rudolf Steiner School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dyce Rail Station, about 2.9 miles away in a straight line.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Howes Road (at), 90 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Orchard Brae School in June 2023.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Orchard Brae School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 1 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
1 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.
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Questions parents ask about Orchard Brae School
When was Orchard Brae School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Orchard Brae School in June 2023.
What is the catchment area for Orchard Brae School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Orchard Brae 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 Orchard Brae School?
If you live in Orchard Brae 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 Orchard Brae School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 1 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 1 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 Orchard Brae School?
Orchard Brae School is at Howes Road, ABERDEEN, ABERDEEN, AB16 7RW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)