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Buckie High School

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational778 pupilsBuckieMoray
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 meals12%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support50%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher11.8Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll778Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Buckie High School is a council school in Buckie for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 778 pupils. About 12 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

West Cathcart Street, Buckie, MORAY, Buckie, AB56 1QB01542 832605buckiehigh.comAll 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 Buckie High 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 roll778Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals12%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support50%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English6%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas0%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 7 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to S4 are about the same size. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
147S1
155S2
141S3
134S4
126S5
75S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 84684620222023: 83783720232024: 82682620242025: 81181120252026: 7787782026
Since 2022: -68
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll778811826837846
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals11.6%12.7%13.4%11.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)49.6%49.7%52.2%49.9%35.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language6.2%2.3%2.1%1.8%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio11.812.211.911.712.012.812.8

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers65.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher11.8Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

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

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored

No other schools of this phase within 8 km.

Questions parents ask

Is Buckie High School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Buckie High School have?

778 pupils aged 11 to 18 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
West Cathcart Street, Buckie, MORAY, Buckie, AB56 1QB
Telephone
01542 832605
Website
www.buckiehigh.com
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Moray
Setting
Accessible small towns
SEED code
5208734
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from