Skene Square School, Aberdeen
Skene Square School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeen.
- Attendance
- 93.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Skene Square School in detail
School in Scotland
Skene Square 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.
Skene Square School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 406 pupils, an average class size of 27.1 and 17.4 pupils per teacher.
29% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 58% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 52% speak English as an additional language.
7% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 16% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.8% in 2024/25, and 17.9% 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 poor (C); the school was 94% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Skene Square School are Gilcomstoun School (0.3 miles), Sunnybank School (0.6 miles), Mile End School (0.8 miles) and Hanover Street School (0.8 miles).
Gilcomstoun SchoolSunnybank SchoolMile End SchoolHanover Street School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Aberdeen Rail Station, about 1120 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
20 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rosemount Place (at), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Skene Square School are Aberdeen Grammar School (0.4 miles), Harlaw Academy (0.7 miles) and St Machar Academy (1 mile).
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 Skene Square School in May 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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 Skene Square School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 8 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
4 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 Aberdeen City is 3 (the median across 69 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Skene Square School
Questions parents ask about Skene Square School
When was Skene Square School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Skene Square School in May 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Skene Square School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Skene Square 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 Aberdeen City. Aberdeen City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Skene Square School?
If you live in Skene Square School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Aberdeen City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Aberdeen City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Skene Square School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 8 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 4 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 Aberdeen City is 3 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Skene Square School?
Skene Square School is at 61 Skene Square, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB25 2UN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)