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Penninghame School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Auchendoon Road, Newton Stewart DG8 6HD · 01671 402386
Overview
- Pupils
- 250
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Special unit
- Has an integrated special unit
- Nursery class
- Yes · 65 places
- Teachers
- 16.4
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
- Average class size
- 22.7
- Additional support needs
- 125 pupils (50%)
- English as an additional language
- 7 pupils (3%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (182 pupils)
- P6 and older50% (34 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 18 December 2012) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 3 (satisfactory); Learners’ experiences 4 (good); Meeting learning needs 4 (good); The curriculum 2 (weak); Improvement through self-evaluation 2 (weak).
- Report published
- 18 Dec 2012
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 3 · Satisfactory |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 4 · Good |
| Meeting learning needs | 4 · Good |
| The curriculum | 2 · Weak |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 2 · Weak |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 12 Oct 2022
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 65
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 |