Portlethen Academy, ABERDEEN

Portlethen Academy 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 956 pupils and 12.7 pupils per teacher.

7% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 40% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.

Attendance was 92.4% in 2024/25, and 20.5% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 95% full.

97% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 97% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

From the headteacher's welcome: "Portlethen Academy is a comprehensive school of around 950 pupils, serving the catchment in and around the town of Portlethen, in South Aberdeenshire (North-East of Scotland). At Portlethen Academy, our shared vision is to ‘be the very best we can be’ ."

The nearest other state secondary schools to Portlethen Academy are Lochside Academy (3.3 miles) and Cults Academy (4.5 miles).

The nearest railway station is Portlethen Rail Station, about 320 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bruntland Place (opposite), 20 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Portlethen Academy are Portlethen Primary School (0.2 miles), Fishermoss School (0.4 miles), Hillside School (1.1 miles) and Newtonhill School (1.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Aberdeenshire publishes both.