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Strathdon School, Aberdeenshire

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Strathdon School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.

Attendance
96.8%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Strathdon School in detail

School in Scotland

Strathdon 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 15 pupils, an average class size of 15 and 7.5 pupils per teacher.

0% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 33% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.

0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 96.8% in 2024/25.

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 30% full.

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Strathdon School.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Aberdeenshire
Phone:019755 20420
Address:Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire, AB36 8UR
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Strathdon School in November 2025.

  • 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
  • 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
  • 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
  • 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.

URN:5229723

At a Glance

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Doune Court (At)
561m · 9 min walk
Bellabeg (W-bound)
662m · 11 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.

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.

Commute and house prices

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Questions parents ask about Strathdon School

When was Strathdon School last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Strathdon School in November 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.

What is the catchment area for Strathdon School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Strathdon 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 Strathdon School?

If you live in Strathdon 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 Strathdon School?

No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Strathdon School?

Strathdon School is at Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire, AB36 8UR.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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