Slains School

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Following a meeting of the Education and Children’s Services Committee on 26th March 2026, members agreed to a statutory consultation on the permanent closure of Slains School.

Slains School was mothballed (temporarily closed) due to the ceiling collapse in March 2025 and has since been demolished.

Aberdeenshire Council is proposing to discontinue education at Slains School and re-assign its catchment area to either Newburgh Mathers School, Port Erroll School or Hatton (Cruden) School. The proposal applies to the primary school stages (P1-P7) of education in the Slains School catchment area. If approved, the changes will take place immediately after the conclusion of the statutory process relating to school closures.

The statutory consultation period will be run from 18th May 2026 – 3rd July 2026 and a public meeting will be held on Wednesday 10th June at 6.00pm at Collieston Community Centre, Hightown, AB41 8RS.

An online survey is available as part of the consultation and can be completed below.

There are useful links and documents on this project page regarding the Schools Consultation Act. Please follow this link to view additional policy documents on our Engage Learning Estates Hub Page: https://engage.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/hub-page/ecs-learning-estates


Following a meeting of the Education and Children’s Services Committee on 26th March 2026, members agreed to a statutory consultation on the permanent closure of Slains School.

Slains School was mothballed (temporarily closed) due to the ceiling collapse in March 2025 and has since been demolished.

Aberdeenshire Council is proposing to discontinue education at Slains School and re-assign its catchment area to either Newburgh Mathers School, Port Erroll School or Hatton (Cruden) School. The proposal applies to the primary school stages (P1-P7) of education in the Slains School catchment area. If approved, the changes will take place immediately after the conclusion of the statutory process relating to school closures.

The statutory consultation period will be run from 18th May 2026 – 3rd July 2026 and a public meeting will be held on Wednesday 10th June at 6.00pm at Collieston Community Centre, Hightown, AB41 8RS.

An online survey is available as part of the consultation and can be completed below.

There are useful links and documents on this project page regarding the Schools Consultation Act. Please follow this link to view additional policy documents on our Engage Learning Estates Hub Page: https://engage.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/hub-page/ecs-learning-estates


  • Closure of Slains School Statutory Consultation

    Aberdeenshire Council are consulting on the permanent closure of Slains School.  The consultation period will run from 18th May 2026 to 3rd July 2026.

    Aberdeenshire Council proposes to discontinue education at Slains School which has now been demolished and re-assign its catchment area to either Hatton (Cruden) School, Newburgh Mathers School or Port Erroll School.

    This consultation is being undertaken in accordance with the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010. The Act requires that changes to the school estate, including the proposed closure of a school is subject to rigorous statutory consultation.

    Following the consultation period all comments received will be analysed, along with any written responses and emails received regarding the proposal.

    A public meeting to discuss the proposal will be held at 6pm on the 10th June 2026 at Collieston and Slains Community Centre, Hightown, AB41 8RS.   

    We want to get your views on the changes for Slains School and the options being proposed for the current catchment area of the school. 

    These options are detailed in the survey and the consultation document.  

    A copy of the consultation proposal document can be found here: http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/schools/school-info/education-consultations/

    This survey will be open until 4pm on Friday the 3rd July 2026.

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  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    Slains School - Informal Engagement Survey

    Aberdeenshire Council have now taken the decision to demolish the Slains School building. The contract has been awarded and the contractor will start to secure the site ready for demolition on 28 January 2026 with demolition following shortly afterwards. The work is expected to be completed by 25 March 2026. 

    We are required to undertake a statutory consultation to officially close the school and as per the Schools Consultation (Scotland) (Act) 2010, we are required to identify if there are any alternatives to the closure of Slains School.

    While the building is deemed unsafe and is to be demolished, there may be other alternatives for the education provision for the children in the catchment area and we have created a short survey to gather community views and the responses from this will be used to prepare the statutory consultation proposal document which will be shared with you in due course. 


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  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    2025/26 Session Arrangements

    Please complete this short survey regarding your current plans for the upcoming 2025/26 Session.  Please respond even if you are still undecided. 

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