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Speyside High School

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational357 pupilsMoray
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 meals11%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support61%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher10.0Scotland 12.1
Pupils on roll357Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Speyside High School is a council school in Aberlour for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 357 pupils. About 11 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Mary Avenue, Aberlour, MORAY, Aberlour, AB38 9QU01340 871522moray.gov.uk/moray_schools/page_727.htmlAll 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 Speyside 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 roll357Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals11%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support61%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English3%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (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.
64S1
56S2
76S3
68S4
55S5
38S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 42542520222023: 40240220232024: 39539520242025: 37837820252026: 3573572026
Since 2022: -68
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll357378395402425
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals10.6%10.1%9.9%8.5%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)60.5%57.7%49.4%46.5%43.8%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.4%2.9%2.5%2.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio10.010.210.811.011.211.411.1

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers35.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher10.0Scotland 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 Speyside High School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Speyside High School have?

357 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
Mary Avenue, Aberlour, MORAY, Aberlour, AB38 9QU
Telephone
01340 871522
Website
www.moray.gov.uk/moray_schools/page_727.html
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 rural areas
SEED code
5208939
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from