Schools

Aberdeenshire Council provides education to children in 83 nurseries (and 109 private and voluntary partner provider pre-school centres),
151 primary schools,
17 secondary schools, and 4 special needs schools.

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These pages provide general information concerning schools, if you are a parent or carer looking for more specialised information concerning your child, the 'Parents and Carers' section may be able to help you.

• Admission to Pre-School Education
• Admission to Primary One

• School Term Dates
  View school term dates and in-service dates for Aberdeenshire schools for the 2009/10 school session right through to the 2014/15 school session.
• School Contact Details
  View contact details for all Aberdeenshire Council nursery units and schools, including location maps, bus timetables and links to the school websites.

• School Closures
  Find out if an Aberdeenshire school has closed at short notice due to bad weather, or other issues.

• School Meals
  Find out more about the Aberdeenshire Council School Meals Service.
  
• School Transport
  Find out more about the various school transport options for your child.

• H.M. Inspection Reports
  View copies of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education (HMIe) reports for Aberdeenshire schools inspected since 2003.

• Building Improvements
  Find out about Aberdeenshire Council’s 21st Century School Building Improvement programme, including details of the Council’s 22 priority projects.

• Protecting Children & Young People in Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire Council's policy on Child Protection.

Contact Aberdeenshire Council Area Education, Learning & Leisure (ELL) Offices

Aberdeenshire Education and Recreation has five Education, Learning & Leisure Offices to cover the Authority area. These are:

Banff & Buchan Area ELL Office

St Leonards
Sandyhill Road
Banff
Aberdeenshire
AB45 1BH
Tel: 01261 813340
Fax: 01261 813396

Buchan Area ELL Offices

Old Infant Building
Prince Street
Peterhead
AB42 1PL
Tel: 01779 473269
Fax: 01779 470390

Dover Lodge
117 Charlotte Street
Fraserburgh
AB53 4AY
Tel: 01346 515303
Fax: 01346 512377

Garioch Area ELL Office

Gordon House
Blackhall Road
Inverurie
AB51 3WA
Tel: 01467 620981
Fax: 01467 622254

Marr, Kincardine & Mearns Area ELL Office

Queens Road
Stonehaven
AB39 2QQ
Tel: 01569 766960
Fax: 01569 768489