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Drummore School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational23 pupilsStranraerDumfries & 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 support48%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher7.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size11.5Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll23Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Drummore School is a council school in Stranraer for boys and girls aged 3 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.

Shaw Lane, Drummore, STRANRAER, Stranraer, DG9 9PY01776 840235dumgal.gov.uk/media/21037/Handbook-Drummore-Primary-School/pdf/South_Rhins_Primaries_Dec_2018.pdf?m=636876416042470000All 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 Drummore 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 getting extra support48%Additional support needs
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 4 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 353520222023: 313120232024: 323220242025: 252520252026: 23232026
Since 2022: -12
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll2325323135
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)47.8%32.0%34.4%35.5%40.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio7.98.611.09.712.511.99.0
Average class sizeAverage class size11.512.516.015.517.5

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers2.9full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher7.9Scotland 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.

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No other schools of this phase within 8 km.

Questions parents ask

Is Drummore School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Drummore School have?

23 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
Shaw Lane, Drummore, STRANRAER, Stranraer, DG9 9PY
Telephone
01776 840235
Website
dumgal.gov.uk/media/21037/Handbook-Drummore-Primary-School/pdf/South_Rhins_Primaries_Dec_2018.pdf?m=636876416042470000
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
Remote rural areas
SEED code
5900328
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from