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Boddam School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational93 pupilsAberdeenshire
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 getting extra support32%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher14.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.2Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll93Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Boddam School is a council school in Boddam Peterhead for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 93 pupils. About 44 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

13 Russell Street, Boddam Peterhead, ABERDEENSHIRE, Boddam Peterhead, AB42 3NG01779 403675boddam.aberdeenshire.sch.ukAll 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 Boddam School.

Getting a place

Catchment area

Aberdeenshire council has drawn an official catchment area for this school. You can see it on the map below; it covers about 29 square kilometres. If you live inside it, your child has the right to a place here. Families outside it can ask for a place (a placing request), which is only given if there is room.

Set your home postcode at the top of the page to see whether you live inside it.

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 Aberdeenshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll93Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support32%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English9%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 4 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
13P1
18P2
12P3
16P4
11P5
8P6
15P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 11011020222023: 999920232024: 10210220242025: 949420252026: 93932026
Since 2022: -17
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll939410299110
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals27.6%35.3%44.4%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)32.3%34.0%43.1%50.5%66.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language8.6%6.4%5.9%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.817.113.413.813.411.515.7
Average class sizeAverage class size23.223.520.419.818.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers6.3full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.2Scotland 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
Burnhaven SchoolCouncil1.3 miles13HMIE, no open dataCompare
Meethill SchoolCouncil1.9 miles176HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dales Park SchoolCouncil2.1 miles349HMIE, no open dataCompare
Clerkhill SchoolCouncil2.4 miles410HMIE, no open dataCompare
Peterhead Central SchoolCouncil2.5 miles115HMIE, no open dataCompare
Buchanhaven SchoolCouncil2.9 miles404HMIE, no open dataCompare
Port Erroll SchoolCouncil4.5 miles131HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Boddam School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Boddam School have?

93 pupils aged 3 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
13 Russell Street, Boddam Peterhead, ABERDEENSHIRE, Boddam Peterhead, AB42 3NG
Telephone
01779 403675
Website
boddam.aberdeenshire.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Aberdeenshire
Setting
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
5215625
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from