Welcome back to school video message from headteacher Cheryl Sharp-Sturrock with information about all the special things that we have planned for the learners at Towie Nursery and Primary during the 2025-2026 school year!
Hosted by Pupil Council Nursery and Primary Pupils are hosting a Big Breakfast to raise awareness of food poverty in Scotland! Wednesday Sept 17th. from 9:15 - 10:15 a.m.
Fair trade fortnight will take place froo, September 22-October 5th 2025. Out Rights Respecting Pupil group will be organising school events as well as the teachers planning learning with support from Action for a Fairer World.
Pupil Council will launch the official opening of the Towie Pantry & Sharing Station. Come and hear all about how we are addressing the needs of those in our rural community.
October 31, 2025 from 4-6 p.m. - Calling all scary witches and ghastly goblins through Donside. Towie Primary Council is hosting a Halloween BBQ on October 31st with a Scarecrow and Guy competition as well as fun and games, face painting, apple bobbing as well as bugers to buy! what out for more information soon!
Termly Community Cafe will hosted by the Towie Primary Pupil Groups.
Pupils through the school are preparing to take part as a whole school and as individuals in the Hamewith Concert this year at the Alford Heritage Museum. The pupils are learning poems and a song to perform as a group.
Nov 6-7 2025
Dec 11th we are headed to the theatre in Aberdeen!
In May 2025, we engaged staff, pupil, families and the wider school learning community to refresh our vision, Values and Aims for the school. We have a clear direction and purpose that drives our work together to ensure the best outcomes for every child.
Towie School is situated amongst the rolling hills of Donside, some 13 miles from Alford, the nearest large centre of population. The School’s catchment extends for a radius of approximately 10 miles, serving the population of outlying glens as well as the hamlet of Glenkindie. There has been a school on the present site for about 130 years. Until the 1960s, Towie School was a junior secondary. Currently the school has two classrooms and a self-contained Nursery, along with a separate dining room, kitchen and our own cook.
Towie School provides education for children aged 3 –12, with classes from ante-pre school nursery to Primary 7.
Towie Primary School has one full time teacher, one probationer teacher as well as one part-time class teachers along with a full time headteacher who provides non contact class teaching cover. The teachers are supported in the classroom by Pupil Support Assistants. There is a Support For Learners teacher who supports pupils one full day per week. The school also works closely with a range of other support agencies in order to provide the best possible experience for children with additional support needs. The Nursery is administered by an Early Years Senior Practitioner and staffed by an Early Years Lead Practitioner, a Support Worker and two part time Early Years Practitioners.
Our Active Schools Coordinator provides a range of additional active and sporting opportunities for the children.
The teaching staff are supported by a School Administrator, a Clerical Assistant, Pupil Support Assistants, a School Cook, a Lunch Time Assistant, a Cleaner and a part time Janitor.
On leaving Towie Primary School, most pupils transfer to Alford Academy. Towie School is part of the Alford Community Schools’ Network and works closely with the other schools in the Network.
Community links are a valued part of school life. The school has a very supportive Parent Council who support school improvement activities and raise additional funds to provide many extras for the pupils in the school.
Devolved budgets are managed in accordance with authority guidelines in order to support planned improvements in the school.
School Opening Times
Nursery Class
9.00am – 1.00pm (morning session)
9.00am – 3.00pm (full day)
School Classes P1 – P7
Start: 9.15am
Break: 10.45 – 11.00am
Lunch: 12.30 – 1.30pm
School finishes: 3.30pm
Head Teacher
Mrs Cheryl Sharp-Sturrock
Address:
Towie School
Glenkindie
Alford
Aberdeenshire
AB33 8RN
Telephone:
019755 20415