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Burnfoot Community School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Kenilworth Avenue, Hawick TD9 8EQ · burnfoot.scotborders.sch.uk · 01450 373043
Overview
- Pupils
- 162
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Scottish Borders
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 110 places
- Teachers
- 12
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.5
- Average class size
- 20.2
- Additional support needs
- 61 pupils (38%)
- English as an additional language
- 10 pupils (6%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (114 pupils)
- P6 and older56.2% (27 pupils)
From the Scottish Government’s school contact details, school level summary statistics and School Roll and Locations.
Inspection
Education Scotland’s latest graded inspection on file (inspection, report published 27 April 2010) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 4 (good); Learners’ experiences 5 (very good); Meeting learning needs 6 (excellent); The curriculum 5 (very good); Improvement through self-evaluation 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 27 Apr 2010
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 5 · Very good |
| Meeting learning needs | 6 · Excellent |
| The curriculum | 5 · Very good |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 5 · Very good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 22 May 2024
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 110
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our staff team? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 5 · Very good |