Portessie Primary School, BUCKIE
Portessie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Buckie.
- Attendance
- 93.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Portessie Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Portessie Primary 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 117 pupils, an average class size of 23.4 and 16.7 pupils per teacher.
40% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 21% 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 93.7% in 2024/25, and 13% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 78% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Portessie Primary School are Millbank Primary School (1.1 miles), Cluny Primary School (1.2 miles), St Peter's RC Primary School (1.5 miles) and Findochty Primary School (1.5 miles).
Millbank Primary SchoolCluny Primary SchoolSt Peter's RC Primary SchoolFindochty Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Portessie Primary School.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School Road (at), 50 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 Portessie Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Portessie Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- 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, 1 serious and 0 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Portessie Primary School
Questions parents ask about Portessie Primary School
What is the catchment area for Portessie Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Portessie Primary 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 Moray. Moray publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Portessie Primary School?
If you live in Portessie Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Moray will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Moray - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Portessie Primary 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, 1 serious and 0 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 Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Portessie Primary School?
Portessie Primary School is at School Road, Portessie, BUCKIE, BUCKIE, AB56 1TN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)