Tullos School, ABERDEEN
Tullos School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeen.
- Attendance
- 89%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Tullos School in detail
School in Scotland
Tullos 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.
Tullos School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 182 pupils, an average class size of 16.5 and 8.2 pupils per teacher.
68% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
67% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89% in 2024/25, and 44% 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 50% full.
Tullos School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, tennis, choir, chess and Lego.
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Tullos School are Greyhope School & Community Hub (0.3 miles), Ferryhill School (0.6 miles), Kirkhill School (1.2 miles) and Abbotswell School (1.3 miles).
Greyhope School & Community HubFerryhill SchoolKirkhill SchoolAbbotswell School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Aberdeen Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rockall Road (opposite), 100 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 Tullos School in November 2025.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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 Tullos School
When was Tullos School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Tullos School in November 2025.
What is the catchment area for Tullos School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Tullos 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 Tullos School?
If you live in Tullos 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 Tullos School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 Tullos School?
Tullos School is at Girdleness Road, Torry, ABERDEEN, ABERDEEN, AB11 8FJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)