St Andrew's Primary School, ABERDEENSHIRE
St Andrew's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 93%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Andrew's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Andrew's 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.
St Andrew's Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 292 pupils, an average class size of 24.3 and 17.8 pupils per teacher.
26% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 64% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 25% speak English as an additional language.
39% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 9% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93% in 2024/25, and 23.8% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 68% full.
St Andrew's Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "St Andrews Primary School is a non-denominational school with a role of 3 55 . This comprises of 282 primary pupils and 73 nursery pupils. Our Early Learning and Childcare Centre (ELCC) provides a provision for eligible 2 year olds and for 3 -5 year olds for the Fraserburgh Cluster."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Andrew's Primary School are Fraserburgh North School (0.2 miles), Fraserburgh South Park School (0.5 miles), Lochpots School (0.6 miles) and Sandhaven School (2 miles).
Fraserburgh North SchoolFraserburgh South Park SchoolLochpots SchoolSandhaven School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of St Andrew's Primary School.
24 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Commerce Street (at), 30 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 St Andrew's Primary School in November 2024.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 4 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
3 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 St Andrew's Primary School
When was St Andrew's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Andrew's Primary School in November 2024.
What is the catchment area for St Andrew's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Andrew's 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 St Andrew's Primary School?
If you live in St Andrew's 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 St Andrew's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 4 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 3 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 St Andrew's Primary School?
St Andrew's Primary School is at 113 Charlotte Street, Fraserburgh, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB43 9LS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)