Peterhead Central School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Peterhead Central School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 91.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Peterhead Central School in detail
School in Scotland
Peterhead Central 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.
Peterhead Central School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 115 pupils, an average class size of 19.2 and 11.3 pupils per teacher.
36% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 63% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 35% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.2% in 2024/25, and 38.7% 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 38% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Peterhead Central School are Buchanhaven School (0.6 miles), Clerkhill School (0.8 miles), Meethill School (1 mile) and Dales Park School (1.2 miles).
Buchanhaven SchoolClerkhill SchoolMeethill SchoolDales Park School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Peterhead Central School.
17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Prince Street (adjacent), 20 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 Peterhead Central School in June 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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 Peterhead Central School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 2
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 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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Peterhead Central School
Questions parents ask about Peterhead Central School
When was Peterhead Central School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Peterhead Central School in June 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Peterhead Central School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Peterhead Central 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 Peterhead Central School?
If you live in Peterhead Central 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 Peterhead Central School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Peterhead Central School?
Peterhead Central School is at St Peter Street, Peterhead, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB42 1QD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)