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Towie School, ABERDEENSHIRE

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Towie School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.

Attendance
95.6%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Towie School in detail

School in Scotland

Towie 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.

Towie School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 28 pupils, an average class size of 14 and 8 pupils per teacher.

0% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 61% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.

Attendance was 95.6% in 2024/25.

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 56% full.

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Towie 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 20415
Address:Glenkindie, Alford, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB33 8RN
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Towie School in June 2023.

Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.

URN:5230128

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

War Memorial (adj)
981m · 16 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 Towie School

When was Towie School last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Towie School in June 2023.

What is the catchment area for Towie School?

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

If you live in Towie 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 Towie 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 Towie School?

Towie School is at Glenkindie, Alford, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB33 8RN.

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

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