Tough School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Tough School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 96.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Tough School in detail
School in Scotland
Tough 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 26 pupils, an average class size of 13 and 9 pupils per teacher.
0% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 77% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 96.2% in 2024/25, and 0% 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 43% full.
Tough School in its own words
In its own words: "These thread throughout all that we do in our school and our learners are very aware of these as they are part of creating our positive ethos within our school. We make strong links to these through all of our learning and interactions in Tough School"
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Tough School are Craigievar School (3.2 miles), Alford Primary School (3.3 miles), Keig School (3.5 miles) and Monymusk School (4.2 miles).
Craigievar SchoolAlford Primary SchoolKeig SchoolMonymusk School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Tough School.
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Tough School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
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
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- 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, 0 serious and 1 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 Tough School
What is the catchment area for Tough School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Tough 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 Tough School?
If you live in Tough 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 Tough 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, 0 serious and 1 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 Tough School?
Tough School is at Tough, Alford, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB33 8ES.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)