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Dunbar Grammar School

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational1,087 pupilsDunbarEast Lothian
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 meals8%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support43%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher13.8Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll1,087Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Dunbar Grammar School is a council school in Dunbar for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,087 pupils. About 8 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Summerfield Road, Dunbar, Dunbar, EH42 1NJ01368 863339sites.google.com/edubuzz.org/dunbargrammarAll 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 Dunbar Grammar 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 East Lothian council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll1,087Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals8%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support43%Additional support needs
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas20%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 6 (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.
174S1
205S2
201S3
203S4
175S5
129S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 1,1171,11720222023: 1,1491,14920232024: 1,1201,12020242025: 1,1161,11620252026: 1,0871,0872026
Since 2022: -30
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1,0871,1161,1201,1491,117
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals8.1%9.7%9.9%8.3%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)42.5%38.3%42.9%18.4%20.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language2.1%1.6%1.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.813.713.813.512.812.613.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers79.0full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.8Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

The closest secondary 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 Dunbar Grammar School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Dunbar Grammar School have?

1,087 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
Summerfield Road, Dunbar, Dunbar, EH42 1NJ
Telephone
01368 863339
Website
sites.google.com/edubuzz.org/dunbargrammar
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 Lothian
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5555736
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from