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Alford Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Alford Community Campus, Greystone Road, ALFORD AB33 8TY · alford-pri.aberdeenshire.sch.uk · 01975 520390
On the mapSearch near AB33 8TY
Overview
- Pupils
- 345
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Special unit
- Has an integrated special unit
- Nursery class
- Yes · 39 places
- Teachers
- 22.4
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
- Average class size
- 26.5
- Additional support needs
- 103 pupils (30%)
- English as an additional language
- 5 pupils (1%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (228 pupils)
- P6 and older13.7% (16 pupils)
From the Scottish Government’s school contact details, school level summary statistics and School Roll and Locations.
Inspection
Education Scotland’s latest graded inspection on file (inspection, report published 25 August 2015) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 3 (satisfactory); Learners’ experiences 3 (satisfactory); Meeting learning needs 2 (weak); The curriculum 3 (satisfactory); Improvement through self-evaluation 2 (weak).
- Report published
- 25 Aug 2015
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 3 · Satisfactory |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Meeting learning needs | 2 · Weak |
| The curriculum | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 2 · Weak |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 4 Oct 2023
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 39
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our staff team? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our leadership? | 4 · Good |