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Brydekirk School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational23 pupilsAnnanDumfries & Galloway
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals0%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support30%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher8.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size11.5Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll23Census September 2025

Brydekirk School is a council school in Annan for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 23 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

School Street, Brydekirk, ANNAN, Annan, DG12 5LX01461 202449blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/dg/BrydekirkPrimaryNewsWorldAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Brydekirk School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through Dumfries & Galloway council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll23Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals0%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support30%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 5 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P5 are about the same size.
5P4
6P5
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 242420222023: 242420232024: 252520242025: 232320252026: 23232026
Since 2022: -1
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll2323252424
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)30.4%20.0%29.2%29.2%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio8.58.59.37.78.911.18.0
Average class sizeAverage class size11.511.512.512.012.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers2.7full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher8.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size11.5Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Newington SchoolCouncil2.3 miles291HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Columba's RC SchoolCouncil2.6 miles54HMIE, no open dataCompare
Hoddom SchoolCouncil2.7 miles63HMIE, no open dataCompare
Hecklegirth SchoolCouncil2.7 miles203HMIE, no open dataCompare
Elmvale SchoolCouncil2.8 miles144HMIE, no open dataCompare
Cummertrees SchoolCouncil3.2 miles29HMIE, no open dataCompare
Eaglesfield SchoolCouncil4.2 miles62HMIE, no open dataCompare
Eastriggs SchoolCouncil4.6 miles126HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Brydekirk School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Brydekirk School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Brydekirk School have?

23 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
School Street, Brydekirk, ANNAN, Annan, DG12 5LX
Telephone
01461 202449
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/dg/BrydekirkPrimaryNewsWorld
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Setting
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
5945720
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from