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Kingsford School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational287 pupilsAberdeenAberdeen City
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 meals39%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support40%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher15.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.9Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll287Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Kingsford School is a council school in Aberdeen for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 287 pupils. About 39 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Kingsford Road, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB16 6PQ01224 693554kingsford.aberdeen.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 Kingsford School.

Getting a place

Catchment area

Aberdeen City council has drawn an official catchment area for this school. You can see it on the map below; it covers about 1.7 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 Aberdeen City council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll287Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals39%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support40%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English6%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
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
33P1
29P2
44P3
47P4
51P5
33P6
50P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 33133120222023: 32832820232024: 32832820242025: 29929920252026: 2872872026
Since 2022: -44
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll287299328328331
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals38.6%25.0%26.8%27.1%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)40.4%37.8%23.5%24.1%13.6%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language5.9%12.0%15.2%13.4%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio15.315.819.916.215.916.617.7
Average class sizeAverage class size23.923.025.225.223.6

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers18.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher15.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.9Scotland 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
Muirfield SchoolCouncil850 m146HMIE, no open dataCompare
Fernielea SchoolCouncil0.6 miles278HMIE, no open dataCompare
Westpark SchoolCouncil0.6 miles194HMIE, no open dataCompare
Quarryhill SchoolCouncil0.7 miles230HMIE, no open dataCompare
Heathryburn SchoolCouncil0.7 miles286HMIE, no open dataCompare
Holy Family RC SchoolCouncil0.8 miles172HMIE, no open dataCompare
Hazlehead SchoolCouncil0.9 miles344HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bramble Brae SchoolCouncil1.2 miles124HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Kingsford School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Kingsford School have?

287 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
Kingsford Road, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB16 6PQ
Telephone
01224 693554
Website
kingsford.aberdeen.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
Aberdeen City
Setting
Large urban areas
SEED code
5241820
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from