School Chooser

Doon Academy

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational239 pupilsDalmellingtonEast Ayrshire
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 meals28%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support55%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher7.9Scotland 12.1
Pupils on roll239Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Doon Academy is a council school in Dalmellington for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 239 pupils. About 28 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.

Ayr Road, Dalmellington, Dalmellington, KA6 7SJ01292 550521blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/DoonAcademyAll 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 Doon Academy.

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 East Ayrshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll239Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals28%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support55%Additional support needs
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 2 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is smaller than S4, so the roll is likely to fall. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
30S1
63S2
52S3
47S4
29S5
18S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 24824820222023: 25025020232024: 24024020242025: 24924920252026: 2392392026
Since 2022: -9
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll239249240250248
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals28.0%30.1%26.3%30.4%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)55.2%59.0%56.7%54.4%45.6%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio7.97.37.27.26.97.37.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers30.2full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher7.9Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

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

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored

No other schools of this phase within 8 km.

Questions parents ask

Is Doon Academy a good school?

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

How many pupils does Doon Academy have?

239 pupils aged 11 to 18 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
Ayr Road, Dalmellington, Dalmellington, KA6 7SJ
Telephone
01292 550521
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/DoonAcademy
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
East Ayrshire
Setting
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
8244138
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from