Redmyre School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Redmyre School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 95.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Redmyre School in detail
School in Scotland
Redmyre 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 49 pupils, an average class size of 24.5 and 16.3 pupils per teacher.
22% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 16% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 95.4% in 2024/25, and 10.4% 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 65% full.
Redmyre School in its own words
In its own words: "We want to ensure that our school is inclusive, where our children and community thrives, including our wildlife!"
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Redmyre School are Auchenblae School (2.4 miles), Laurencekirk School (3.7 miles) and Glenbervie School (3.9 miles).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Laurencekirk Rail Station, about 3.2 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Springbank Terrace (opposite), 220 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 Redmyre School in May 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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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 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 Redmyre School
When was Redmyre School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Redmyre School in May 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Redmyre School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Redmyre 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 Redmyre School?
If you live in Redmyre 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 Redmyre 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 Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Redmyre School?
Redmyre School is at Fordoun, Laurencekirk, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB30 1NP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)