Turriff Academy, ABERDEENSHIRE
Turriff Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 90.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Turriff Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Turriff Academy 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 598 pupils and 10.7 pupils per teacher.
15% of pupils are registered for free school meals and 16% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 90.5% in 2024/25, and 27.4% 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 83% full.
92% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Turriff Academy in its own words
In its own words: "Welcome to Turriff Academy! Our school is a vibrant community where students are encouraged to thrive academically, socially, and personally. At Turriff Academy, we take pride in offering a diverse range of opportunities to support our students' growth and well-being."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Turriff Academy.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Turriff Academy (outside), 50 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 Turriff Academy in September 2026.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Turriff Academy is a non denominational comprehensive co-educational secondary school located in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It serves a large catchment area lying between Inverurie in the south, Huntly to the west, Banff to the north and Fraserburgh and Ellon to the northeast or south-east.
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At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Turriff Academy
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 0 serious and 3 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 Turriff Academy
When was Turriff Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Turriff Academy in September 2026.
What is the catchment area for Turriff Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Turriff Academy 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 Turriff Academy?
If you live in Turriff Academy'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 Turriff Academy?
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, 0 serious and 3 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 Turriff Academy?
Turriff Academy is at Victoria Terrace, Turriff, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB53 4EE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)