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Lochmaben School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Lochmaben, Lockerbie DG11 1NR · 01387 810208
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Overview
- Pupils
- 264
- 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 · 40 places
- Teachers
- 15.4
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
- Average class size
- 26.4
- Additional support needs
- 139 pupils (53%)
- English as an additional language
- Too few to publish
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (188 pupils)
- P6 and older30.3% (23 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 20 June 2023) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 4 (good); Learning, teaching and assessment 3 (satisfactory); Raising attainment and achievement 3 (satisfactory); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 4 (good). Nursery class: Leadership of change 2 (weak); Learning, teaching and assessment 2 (weak); Securing children’s progress 2 (weak); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 2 (weak).
- Report published
- 20 Jun 2023
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 4 · Good |
Nursery class
| Leadership of change | 2 · Weak |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 2 · Weak |
| Securing children’s progress | 2 · Weak |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 2 · Weak |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 11 Jun 2024
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 40
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? | 4 · Good |