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Calside School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Calside Road, Dumfries DG1 4HB · blogs.glowscotland.org.uk · 01387 263594
Overview
- Pupils
- 184
- 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 · 43 places
- Teachers
- 12.8
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
- Average class size
- 20.4
- Additional support needs
- 78 pupils (42%)
- English as an additional language
- Too few to publish
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (132 pupils)
- P6 and older25% (13 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 (short inspection, report published 27 August 2024) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Learning, teaching and assessment 3 (satisfactory); Raising attainment and achievement 4 (good). Nursery class: Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Securing children’s progress 4 (good).
- Report published
- 27 Aug 2024
- Short inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 3 · Satisfactory |
|---|---|
| Raising attainment and achievement | 4 · Good |
Nursery class
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Securing children’s progress | 4 · Good |
Previously: inspection, Jun 2009
Earlier inspections
Before October 2016
Jun 2009Inspection
Improvements in performance 2 · Weak Learners’ experiences 3 · Satisfactory Meeting learning needs 2 · Weak The curriculum 4 · Good Improvement through self-evaluation 3 · Satisfactory
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 3 Aug 2022
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 43
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our staff team? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our leadership? | 5 · Very good |