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New Deer School

PrimaryP1 to P7Non-denominationalNursery class

New Deer, Turriff, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB53 6TB · Aberdeenshire · near Mintlaw

Mintlaw’s School Grade C against Scotland’s towns

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Pupils
135
September 2025, 8.5 teachers
Average class
22.5 pupils
Scotland’s primary schools: 23.7
Additional support needs
46%
of pupils · outlined square = Scotland’s primary schools (37%)
From the most deprived areas
0%
of pupils live in Scotland’s most deprived fifth of areas · outlined square = Scotland’s primary schools (22%)
The gist

What stands out about New Deer School

  • Scotland publishes no results by primary school, so it has no letter
  • Classes average 22.5 pupils, against 23.7 across Scotland

Pupils

Pupil census · September 2025

New Deer School had 135 pupils in September 2025, with 8.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16 pupils for each. 0% live in the most deprived fifth of Scotland’s neighbourhoods and 0% in the least deprived fifth (each fifth holds a fifth of Scotland’s people, on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation). 62 pupils have an additional support need recorded, 46% of the roll, against 37% across Scotland’s primary schools.

Scottish Government, summary statistics for schools in Scotland 2025, school level. Small counts are withheld.

Nearby

Schools near New Deer School

Every mainstream school within 3 km. Secondaries are squares, with their letter; Gaelic-medium schools are teal.

The five nearest

Nearby schools

Schools of the same phase near New Deer School

Nearest first, within the same nation, as the crow flies. Up to 8 km, or 25 km where there are fewer than three nearby. Catchments and admissions rules decide which school a child gets.

Maud Primary School
Primary · P1 to P7 · Non-denominational
90 pupils22.5 average class3.8 km away
Auchnagatt School
Primary · P1 to P7 · Non-denominational
64 pupils21.3 average class7 km away
New Pitsligo & St John's School
Primary · P1 to P7 · Non-denominational
Nursery class
111 pupils22.2 average class8.6 km away
Monquhitter School
Primary · P1 to P7 · Non-denominational
Nursery class
129 pupils21.5 average class8.8 km away
Stuartfield School
Primary · P1 to P7 · Non-denominational
137 pupils22.8 average class8.9 km away
Methlick School
Primary · P1 to P7 · Non-denominational
Nursery class
136 pupils22.7 average class10.3 km away

New Deer School: common questions

How good is New Deer School?

Scotland doesn’t publish results by primary school, so there is no letter. Education Scotland’s inspection reports are the best guide.

How many pupils go to New Deer School?

135 in September 2025, in classes averaging 22.5 pupils.

How do I get a place at New Deer School?

Through Aberdeenshire council. A child living in the school’s catchment area gets a place; families outside it can make a placing request, granted where there is room.

Not on this page yet: Education Scotland’s latest inspection and attendance.

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