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Dunecht School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational50 pupilsWesthillAberdeenshire
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 support14%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher16.7Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.0Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll50Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Dunecht School is a council school in Westhill for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 50 pupils.

Dunecht, Westhill, ABERDEENSHIRE, Westhill, AB32 7BA01330 700405dunecht.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 Dunecht 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 28 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 roll50Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support14%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 9 (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.
8P1
7P2
6P3
11P4
5P5
7P6
6P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 464620222023: 494920232024: 525220242025: 535320252026: 50502026
Since 2022: +4
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll5053524946
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)14.0%17.0%38.5%42.9%58.7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio16.712.911.311.114.89.88.0
Average class sizeAverage class size25.017.717.316.323.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers3.0full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher16.7Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.0Scotland 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
Echt SchoolCouncil2.3 miles57HMIE, no open dataCompare
Skene SchoolCouncil3.1 miles42HMIE, no open dataCompare
Cluny SchoolCouncil3.4 miles91HMIE, no open dataCompare
Midmar SchoolCouncil4.1 miles22HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kemnay Primary SchoolCouncil4.2 miles223HMIE, no open dataCompare
Alehousewells SchoolCouncil4.7 miles116HMIE, no open dataCompare
Midmill SchoolCouncil4.8 miles141HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kintore SchoolCouncil4.9 miles311HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Dunecht School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Dunecht School have?

50 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
Dunecht, Westhill, ABERDEENSHIRE, Westhill, AB32 7BA
Telephone
01330 700405
Website
www.dunecht.aberdeenshire.sch.uk
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
Aberdeenshire
Setting
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
5225620
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from