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Anderson's Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational263 pupilsForresMoray
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals31%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support15%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher19.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.3Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas4%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll263Census September 2025

Anderson's Primary School is a council school in Forres for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 263 pupils. About 31 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.

High Street, Forres, MORAY, Forres, IV36 1DB01309 672887blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/my/AndersonsPrimaryAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Anderson's Primary School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through Moray council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll263Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals31%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support15%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English4%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas4%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas17%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 5 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is bigger than P7, so the roll is likely to grow.
35P1
41P2
48P3
31P4
41P5
40P6
27P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 25225220222023: 25125120232024: 25925920242025: 27027020252026: 2632632026
Since 2022: +11
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll263270259251252
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals31.3%10.3%9.1%9.2%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)15.2%20.7%17.8%27.5%35.7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language4.2%4.8%4.2%4.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio19.118.917.317.016.418.717.8
Average class sizeAverage class size26.324.523.525.125.2

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers13.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher19.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.3Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Applegrove Primary SchoolCouncil370 m237HMIE, no open dataCompare
Pilmuir Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles143HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kinloss Primary SchoolCouncil2.6 miles212HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dyke Primary SchoolCouncil3.1 miles85HMIE, no open dataCompare
Logie Primary SchoolCouncil4.6 miles23HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Anderson's Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Anderson's Primary School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Anderson's Primary School have?

263 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
High Street, Forres, MORAY, Forres, IV36 1DB
Telephone
01309 672887
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/my/AndersonsPrimary
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Moray
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5201322
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from