Portlethen Primary School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Portlethen Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 94%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Portlethen Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Portlethen 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.
Portlethen Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 209 pupils, an average class size of 23.2 and 13.1 pupils per teacher.
53% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 38% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94% in 2024/25, and 17.6% 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 61% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Portlethen Primary School are Fishermoss School (0.6 miles), Hillside School (1 mile), Newtonhill School (1.9 miles) and Banchory-Devenick School (2.4 miles).
Fishermoss SchoolHillside SchoolNewtonhill SchoolBanchory-Devenick School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Portlethen Rail Station, about 90 metres away (roughly a 1-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Square (at), 60 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 Portlethen Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
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 Portlethen Primary School
What is the catchment area for Portlethen Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Portlethen 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 Aberdeenshire. Aberdeenshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Portlethen Primary School?
If you live in Portlethen Primary 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 Portlethen 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, 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 Portlethen Primary School?
Portlethen Primary School is at Cookston Road, Portlethen, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB12 4PT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)