The best secondary schools in Aberdeenshire

On our composite score, Banchory Academy is the top-ranked secondary school in Aberdeenshire, with a grade B. The score is one view of a school: each profile shows the figures behind it, and the list above ranks every scored secondary school in the area.

There are 17 secondary schools in Aberdeenshire with a composite score on FindGreatSchools. Schools too new to have published results, and independent and special schools, are listed on their own pages.

By our composite score, which blends three domains (attainment, progress and engagement) into a grade from A to F. Schools are ordered by score weighted by data completeness, so a school with thin data cannot leapfrog a well-measured one. The method and weights are published in full.