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St Teresa's RC School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Lochside Road, Dumfries DG2 0DY · 01387 255732
Overview
- Pupils
- 41
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 36 places
- Teachers
- 3.8
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 10.8
- Average class size
- 20.5
- Additional support needs
- 24 pupils (59%)
- English as an additional language
- Too few to publish
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (25 pupils)
- P6 and older87.5% (14 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 (full inspection, report published 22 April 2025) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 3 (satisfactory); Learning, teaching and assessment 2 (weak); Raising attainment and achievement 2 (weak); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 3 (satisfactory).
- Report published
- 22 Apr 2025
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 3 · Satisfactory |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 2 · Weak |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 2 · Weak |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 3 · Satisfactory |
Previously: inspection, Jun 2010
Earlier inspections
Before October 2016
Jun 2010Inspection
Improvements in performance 2 · Weak Learners’ experiences 3 · Satisfactory Meeting learning needs 2 · Weak The curriculum 3 · Satisfactory Improvement through self-evaluation 2 · Weak
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 26 May 2025
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 36
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? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our leadership? | 5 · Very good |