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Dunbeg Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational74 pupilsArgyll & Bute
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 meals54%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support77%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher12.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.5Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll74Census September 2025

Dunbeg Primary School is a council school in Dunbeg for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 74 pupils. About 54 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Etive Road, Dunbeg, ARGYLL, Dunbeg, PA37 1QF01631 564781dunbeg.argyll-bute.sch.ukAll 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 Dunbeg Primary 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 Argyll & Bute council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll74Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals54%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support77%Additional support needs
Pupils taught in Gaelic54%
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)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
8P1
7P2
12P3
14P4
9P5
12P6
12P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 888820222023: 898920232024: 949420242025: 848420252026: 74742026
Since 2022: -14
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll7484948988
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals54.2%25.0%26.7%20.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)77.0%65.5%47.9%31.5%21.6%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio12.311.712.513.111.012.814.0
Average class sizeAverage class size18.516.818.817.814.7

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers6.0full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher12.3Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.5Scotland 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
Park Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles200HMIE, no open dataCompare
Rockfield Gaelic UnitCouncil3.3 miles55HMIE, no open dataCompare
Rockfield Primary SchoolCouncil3.3 miles220HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Columba's Primary SchoolCouncil3.3 miles212HMIE, no open dataCompare
Lochnell Primary SchoolCouncil4.0 miles112HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Dunbeg Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Dunbeg Primary School have?

74 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
Etive Road, Dunbeg, ARGYLL, Dunbeg, PA37 1QF
Telephone
01631 564781
Website
www.dunbeg.argyll-bute.sch.uk
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
Argyll & Bute
Setting
Remote rural areas
SEED code
8102724
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from