The first St Peter’s School was founded by Priest Charles Gordon and opened in Constitution Street on 10th April 1833. Alexander Brodie sculpted a granite statue of Priest Gordon which was placed outside the school in Constitution Street in August 1859. It now stands at the King Street entrance to our school.

 

We are situated in the north-east of Aberdeen, close to Aberdeen University and Seaton Park. We benefit from close proximity to Aberdeen Sports Village and older pupils are able to walk to the beach and to the city centre.

 

We have been happily settled in our current premises in Dunbar Street since 1983. The main building of our school houses six classrooms, a small general purpose room for small group work, gym/dining hall, offices for the Senior Leadership Team and administrator and a staff room / kitchen area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In October 1998, an annexe was opened on the upper floor of Old Aberdeen House on the west side of the playground. This is known as the Priest Gordon Annexe and accommodation comprises three spacious classrooms, a library space and cloakrooms for pupils

 

Two temporary classrooms were installed in a modular build (portakabin) in our playground in August 2013. Each classroom in the annexe and portakabin has telephone communication with the main building.

 

We have a large enclosed playground and a grassy area with a range of timber play equipment. Pupils can also enjoy learning about growing things in our environmental garden.

We are soon to move temporarily to the Riverbank School building whilst renovations and new build works take place on our current school site. More details will be shared with parents once available. At present, this is likely to be by August 2025. 

Awards

• Eco Schools: We were awarded an eco green flag in June 2024. Our certificate can be viewed here and the feedback from our application for the award can be read here. Our eco pupil voice groups and teachers supported the achievement of this award.

• Digital Schools Award Scotland: We were awarded our Digital Schools Award Scotland certificate in February 2025. We are very proud of the hard work of our digital leaders and lead teachers in going forward for this award, and indeed are very grateful to all staff and pupils for engaging so well with digital technologies here in school. Our award certificate can be viewed here.

• Rights Respecting Schools: We were re-awarded our Bronze – Rights Committed School award in March 2025. Our Rights Respecting pupil voice groups and teachers worked together to gain the accreditation here, and will be working towards the silver award. Our award certificate can be viewed here

• School Sport Award: We were awarded our Silver School Sport Award by Sport Scotland in January 2025. This shows our commitment to providing quality PE and sporting opportunities, including extra-curricular sporting / active activities. Our work here is supported by Active Schools Aberdeen. Our school certificate can be seen here.