Westhill Primary School, ABERDEENSHIRE
Westhill Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeenshire.
- Attendance
- 96.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Westhill Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Westhill Primary 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.
Westhill Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 310 pupils, an average class size of 25.8 and 17.3 pupils per teacher.
25% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 96.3% in 2024/25, and 5% 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 91% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Westhill Primary School are Crombie School (0.2 miles), Elrick School (0.5 miles), Kingswells School (2 miles) and Skene School (2.4 miles).
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Westhill Primary School.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kinmundy Avenue (at), 60 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Westhill Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Westhill Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
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.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 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 Westhill Primary School
What is the catchment area for Westhill Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Westhill Primary 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 Westhill Primary School?
If you live in Westhill Primary 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 Westhill Primary 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. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Aberdeenshire is 0 (the median across 163 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Westhill Primary School?
Westhill Primary School is at Westhill Drive, Westhill, ABERDEENSHIRE, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB32 6FY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)