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Sheuchan School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Leswalt High Road, Stranraer DG9 0AL · blogs.glowscotland.org.uk · 01776 702835
Overview
- Pupils
- 149
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 50 places
- Teachers
- 10
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
- Average class size
- 21.3
- Additional support needs
- 62 pupils (42%)
- English as an additional language
- Too few to publish
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (102 pupils)
- P6 and older27.7% (13 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 22%
- 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 (inspection, report published 23 April 2013) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: 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).
- Report published
- 23 Apr 2013
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| 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
- 8 Jul 2025
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 50
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 |