School Chooser

Insch School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational307 pupilsInschAberdeenshire
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 meals19%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support19%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher18.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.6Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll307Census September 2025

Insch School is a council school in Insch for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 307 pupils. About 19 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

Alexander Street, Insch, ABERDEENSHIRE, Insch, AB52 6JH01464 635110insch.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 Insch 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 75 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 roll307Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals19%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support19%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
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
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
34P1
37P2
38P3
45P4
53P5
51P6
49P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 33933920222023: 33433420232024: 33833820242025: 31331320252026: 3073072026
Since 2022: -32
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll307313338334339
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals19.0%14.3%7.7%5.9%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)19.2%28.4%33.7%38.6%35.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%2.9%3.0%2.7%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio18.017.718.617.116.816.718.9
Average class sizeAverage class size25.626.126.025.724.2

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers17.1full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher18.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.6Scotland 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
Premnay SchoolCouncil2.1 miles38HMIE, no open dataCompare
Old Rayne SchoolCouncil2.6 miles57HMIE, no open dataCompare
Oyne SchoolCouncil2.8 miles34HMIE, no open dataCompare
Rayne North SchoolCouncil4.5 miles65HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Insch School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Insch School have?

307 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
Alexander Street, Insch, ABERDEENSHIRE, Insch, AB52 6JH
Telephone
01464 635110
Website
www.insch.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
5231523
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from