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Canonbie School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational62 pupilsDumfriesshireDumfries & 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 getting extra support23%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher15.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.7Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll62Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Canonbie School is a council school in Dumfriesshire for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 62 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Dumfriesshire, DG14 0XA01387 371336langholmandcanonbieschools.dumgal.sch.uk/canonbie-primaryAll 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 Canonbie 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 roll62Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support23%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%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 7 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
8P1
9P2
8P3
7P4
11P5
11P6
8P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 686820222023: 565620232024: 525220242025: 606020252026: 62622026
Since 2022: -6
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll6260525668
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)22.6%18.3%17.3%25.0%22.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio15.511.512.111.914.212.413.2
Average class sizeAverage class size20.720.017.318.722.7

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers4.0full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher15.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.7Scotland 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
Longtown Primary SchoolAcademy5.0 miles182Not inspected29Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Canonbie School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Canonbie School have?

62 pupils aged 3 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
Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Dumfriesshire, DG14 0XA
Telephone
01387 371336
Website
www.langholmandcanonbieschools.dumgal.sch.uk/canonbie-primary
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Setting
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
5945828
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from