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Gretna School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Victory Avenue, Gretna DG16 5AG · 01461 339105
On the mapSearch near DG16 5AG
Overview
- Pupils
- 259
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 68 places
- Teachers
- 14.4
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
- Average class size
- 25.9
- Additional support needs
- 156 pupils (60%)
- English as an additional language
- 9 pupils (3%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (175 pupils)
- P6 and older41.7% (35 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 25 January 2011) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 3 (satisfactory); Learners’ experiences 3 (satisfactory); Meeting learning needs 3 (satisfactory); The curriculum 3 (satisfactory); Improvement through self-evaluation 3 (satisfactory).
- Report published
- 25 Jan 2011
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 3 · Satisfactory |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Meeting learning needs | 3 · Satisfactory |
| The curriculum | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 3 · Satisfactory |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 25 Oct 2023
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 68
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our staff team? | 4 · Good |
| How good is our leadership? | 5 · Very good |