Decision details

The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to note the outcomes of officers’ recent discussions with colleagues at Aberdeenshire Council, relating to proposals for making changes to school catchment areas for Dyce Academy and Dyce School;

(ii)            to note that the catchment area changes for Dyce Academy were proposed to re-balance pupil numbers between Bucksburn Academy and Dyce  Academy, due to the current and predicted over-capacity issues at Bucksburn;

(iii)          to instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to review the catchment areas for Bucksburn Academy, Dyce Academy and all primary schools within the Bucksburn and Dyce Associated Schools Groups (ASGs), in order to achieve the re-balancing of numbers between the two academies and in light of the proposed alignment of the Dyce Academy and Dyce School catchment areas to the City boundary;

(iv)          to instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to provide a holistic report to Committee with details of all proposed catchment area changes and recommended dates for statutory public consultation, as part of the annual School Estate Plan update report in September 2026; and

(v)           to instruct the Chief Officer – Education & Lifelong Learning to write to the parents of Dyce Academy, Bucksburn Academy and associated primary schools with an update on progress to date.