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Wigtown Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
New Road, Wigtown, NEWTON STEWART DG8 9JE · 01988 402300
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 · 40 places
- Teachers
- 4
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
- Average class size
- 24.3
- Additional support needs
- 29 pupils (40%)
- English as an additional language
- 0 pupils (0%)
- Free school meals, P1 to P5
- 100% (50 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 0%
- 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 16 December 2014) 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 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 16 Dec 2014
- 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 | 5 · Very good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 22 Jun 2026
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 40
Key questions
| Children play and learn | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Children thrive and develop in quality spaces | 5 · Very good |
| Children are supported to achieve | 4 · Good |
| Leadership (includes staff skills, knowledge, values and deployment) | 4 · Good |