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Stirches Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Hawick, Roxburghshire TD9 7QP · scotborders.gov.uk · 01450 374389
Overview
- Pupils
- 103
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Scottish Borders
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 48 places
- Teachers
- 6.9
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
- Average class size
- 20.6
- Additional support needs
- 65 pupils (63%)
- English as an additional language
- Too few to publish
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (68 pupils)
- P6 and older28.6% (10 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 23%
- Most deprived fifth (SIMD)
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 (short inspection, report published 3 October 2023) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Learning, teaching and assessment 3 (satisfactory); Raising attainment and achievement 3 (satisfactory). Nursery class: Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Securing children’s progress 4 (good).
- Report published
- 3 Oct 2023
- Short inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 3 · Satisfactory |
|---|---|
| Raising attainment and achievement | 3 · Satisfactory |
Nursery class
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Securing children’s progress | 4 · Good |
Previously: inspection, Mar 2009
Earlier inspections
Before October 2016
Mar 2009Inspection
Improvements in performance 4 · Good Learners’ experiences 5 · Very good Meeting learning needs 4 · Good The curriculum 4 · Good Improvement through self-evaluation 4 · Good
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 12 Nov 2021
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 48
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? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our leadership? | 5 · Very good |