Woodside School, Aberdeen
Woodside School is a primary school for pupils in Aberdeen.
- Attendance
- 91.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Woodside School in detail
School in Scotland
Woodside 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.
Woodside School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 299 pupils, an average class size of 24.9 and 14.9 pupils per teacher.
48% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 39% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 15% speak English as an additional language.
24% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.4% in 2024/25, and 32.5% 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 poor (C); the school was 69% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Woodside School are St Peter's RC School (0.4 miles), Riverbank School (0.6 miles), Manor Park School (0.6 miles) and Kittybrewster School (0.7 miles).
St Peter's RC SchoolRiverbank SchoolManor Park SchoolKittybrewster School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Aberdeen Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Deer Road (at), 150 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Woodside School are St Machar Academy (0.8 miles), Northfield Academy (0.8 miles), Bridge Of Don Academy (1.2 miles) and Oldmachar Academy (1.5 miles).
St Machar AcademyNorthfield AcademyBridge Of Don AcademyOldmachar Academy
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 Woodside School in February 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Woodside School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
4 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Questions parents ask about Woodside School
When was Woodside School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Woodside School in February 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Woodside School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Woodside 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 Woodside School?
If you live in Woodside 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 Woodside School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 4 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 Woodside School?
Woodside School is at Clifton Road, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 4EA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)