Facilities

The school’s atmospheric Quadrangle and historic Auld Hoose sit side-by-side with impressive new state of the art facilities providing the perfect balance of tradition and modernity.

Watch the videos below to see around and learn more about our fantastic facilities.

£25 million has been invested in facilities since 2009 and pupils have access to:

• Our Junior School which features a 360 degree classroom layout with horseshoe desks and interactive technology.

• Dedicated Junior and Senior Libraries stocked with a wide range of resources including fiction and non-fiction books suitable for every year group from Nursery to S6. Linking with the local universities and the British Library, S6 pupils have access to borrow materials from beyond the school. 

• The Craig Centre for Performing Arts which houses a 200 seat theatre, digital recording studio and an art gallery.

• The Wood Foundation Centre for Science and Technology is the UK’s largest school teaching facility for Science and Technology and a regional centre of excellence.

• The 39 acre outdoor and indoor sports facilities at Countesswells are a short drive from our Schoolhill Campus and used by Nursery, Junior and Senior School pupils. Key highlights include: 

  • International standard water-based hockey pitch suitable for fixtures or training. It also doubles for netball with six full-sized courts available. Line markings for hockey are available from August - April, and for netball April - July.
  • International Hockey Federation accredited, sand-dressed pitch (supports hockey, football, netball and tennis) and is fully floodlit.
  • Extensive grass rugby and football facilities boast three international sized rugby pitches with five other pitches of sizes, alongside a large and fully floodlit training area.
  • Cricket facilities include a well
    maintained grass square, a synthetic
    pitch, three outdoor practice nets
    and two indoor practice nets.
  • Pavilion with indoor changing, kit storage, kitchen and dining area.
  • Full sized 400m Athletics Track, perfect for all forms of running activities.
  • 360 seater spectator grandstand with an indoor games hall underneath.

Further investment will be made to our campus to provide more green space for pupils in addition to the Phase Three Indoor Sports development at Schoolhill.