Schools in the Aberdeen City council area
Aberdeen City has 62 schools listed on OfferDay across 4 towns.
48 primary schools · 11 secondary schools · 3 special and alternative provision schools
About schools in Aberdeen City
Aberdeen City lists 62 schools, most of them primary schools. Its eleven secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Another three schools provide for children with additional needs or alternative provision.
Education Scotland inspects the schools listed here. Its inspectors evaluate a school against the How good is our school quality indicators rather than a single grade, and each page carries the inspection date with a link to the published report. Scotland does not release school-level attainment under an open licence, so these pages show the pupil-census figures its government does publish, among them the school roll and the spread of pupils across the most and least deprived areas. Treat a report as a starting point and visit before you decide.
Recently inspected in Aberdeen City
The latest inspections in this area, newest first. Each links to the school's page, where the report and its framework are set out.
- Quarryhill School Education Scotland, 23 June 2026
- Forehill School Education Scotland, 16 June 2026
- Skene Square School Education Scotland, 19 May 2026
- St Machar Academy Education Scotland, 21 April 2026
- Westpark School Education Scotland, 14 April 2026
- Manor Park School Education Scotland, 24 March 2026
- Oldmachar Academy Education Scotland, 3 February 2026
- Tullos School Education Scotland, 11 November 2025
- Seaton School Education Scotland, 23 September 2025
- Heathryburn School Education Scotland, 1 July 2025
- Harlaw Academy Education Scotland, 24 June 2025
- Northfield Academy Education Scotland, 17 June 2025
Schools by town
The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Aberdeen City.
Schools not listed under a town
These schools have no town recorded in the national register.
Special schools and alternative provision1
Common questions about schools in Aberdeen City
- How many schools does Aberdeen City have?
- OfferDay lists 62 schools in Aberdeen City, including 48 primary schools and eleven secondary schools.
- Who inspects schools in Aberdeen City?
- Schools in Aberdeen City are inspected by Education Scotland (HM Inspectors). It evaluates a school against the How good is our school quality indicators rather than giving one overall grade, and each school page carries the inspection date with a link to the published report.
- How are schools in Aberdeen City ranked?
- OfferDay does not rank schools in Aberdeen City. Scotland does not publish school-level attainment under an open licence, so there is no fair basis for a league table. Compare schools on their Education Scotland reports and the pupil-census figures its government publishes, and treat any single measure as a starting point rather than a verdict.
- How many towns are in the Aberdeen City council area?
- OfferDay groups the Aberdeen City schools across four towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the council area is reachable.
School details come from the Scottish Government's school contact list. Inspection information comes from Education Scotland. Information on this page was last updated on 26 July 2026.