St Peter's RC School, Aberdeen
St Peter's RC School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeen. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 96.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Peter's RC School in detail
School in Scotland
St Peter's RC 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 197 pupils, an average class size of 21.9 and 13.1 pupils per teacher.
42% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 35% speak English as an additional language.
14% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 22% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 96.3% in 2024/25, and 8.5% 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 45% full.
St Peter's RC School in its own words
In its own words: "The first St Peter’s School was founded by Priest Charles Gordon and opened in Constitution Street on 10th April 1833. Alexander Brodie sculpted a granite statue of Priest Gordon which was placed outside the school in Constitution Street in August 1859. It now stands at the King Street entrance to our school."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Peter's RC School are Riverbank School (0.3 miles), Woodside School (0.4 miles), Kittybrewster School (0.6 miles) and Danestone School (0.9 miles).
Riverbank SchoolWoodside SchoolKittybrewster SchoolDanestone School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Aberdeen Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Alexander Terrace (adjacent), 170 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Peter's RC School are St Machar Academy (0.5 miles), Bridge Of Don Academy (0.9 miles) and Oldmachar Academy (1.3 miles).
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 Peter's RC School in February 2023.
- 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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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
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 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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Questions parents ask about St Peter's RC School
When was St Peter's RC School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Peter's RC School in February 2023. 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 St Peter's RC School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Peter's RC 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 St Peter's RC School?
If you live in St Peter's RC 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 St Peter's RC School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 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 Aberdeen City is 3 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Peter's RC School?
St Peter's RC School is at Dill Road, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 2XL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)