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Douglas Ewart High School

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational600 pupilsNewton StewartDumfries & 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 meals18%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support58%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher14.3Scotland 12.1
Pupils on roll600Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Douglas Ewart High School is a council school in Newton Stewart for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 600 pupils. About 18 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

Corsbie Road, Newton Stewart, Newton Stewart, DG8 6JQ01671 403773dehs.infoAll 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 Douglas Ewart High 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 roll600Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals18%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support58%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English4%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 9 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to S4 are about the same size. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
117S1
119S2
105S3
113S4
88S5
58S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 60660620222023: 59559520232024: 58458420242025: 59259220252026: 6006002026
Since 2022: -6
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll600592584595606
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals17.8%16.4%17.5%17.1%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)58.2%51.5%47.1%37.3%38.3%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.5%3.0%2.4%2.9%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.313.613.413.513.512.812.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers42.1full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.3Scotland 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 Douglas Ewart High School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Douglas Ewart High School have?

600 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
Corsbie Road, Newton Stewart, Newton Stewart, DG8 6JQ
Telephone
01671 403773
Website
www.dehs.info
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
Dumfries & Galloway
Setting
Remote small towns
SEED code
5902932
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from