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St Andrew's RC School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Craigs Road, Dumfries DG1 4EX · 01387 273001
Overview
- Pupils
- 188
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 48 places
- Teachers
- 9.5
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
- Average class size
- 26.9
- Additional support needs
- 54 pupils (29%)
- English as an additional language
- 9 pupils (5%)
- Free school meals, P1 to P5
- 100% (128 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 12%
- 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 30 November 2010) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 3 (satisfactory); Learners’ experiences 5 (very good); Meeting learning needs 4 (good); The curriculum 3 (satisfactory); Improvement through self-evaluation 4 (good).
- Report published
- 30 Nov 2010
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 3 · Satisfactory |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 5 · Very good |
| Meeting learning needs | 4 · Good |
| The curriculum | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 4 · Good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 11 Nov 2022
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 48
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? | 4 · Good |