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Sandhead School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Sandhead, Stranraer DG9 9JD · 01776 830256
Overview
- Pupils
- 73
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 30 places
- Teachers
- 4.7
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
- Average class size
- 18.2
- Additional support needs
- 36 pupils (49%)
- English as an additional language
- 0 pupils (0%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (54 pupils)
- P6 and older68.4% (13 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 29 November 2011) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 2 (weak); Learners’ experiences 3 (satisfactory); Meeting learning needs 2 (weak); The curriculum 2 (weak); Improvement through self-evaluation 3 (satisfactory).
- Report published
- 29 Nov 2011
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 2 · Weak |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Meeting learning needs | 2 · Weak |
| The curriculum | 2 · Weak |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 3 · Satisfactory |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 2 Nov 2023
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 30
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our staff team? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 5 · Very good |