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Dunblane High School

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational853 pupilsDunblaneStirling
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 support35%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher13.8Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas1%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll853Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Dunblane High School is a council school in Dunblane for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 853 pupils. About 3 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Old Doune Road, Dunblane, Dunblane, FK15 9EW01786 823823dunblanehighschool.org.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 Dunblane 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 Stirling council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll853Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support35%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English2%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas1%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas68%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 10 (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.
121S1
147S2
145S3
139S4
170S5
131S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 99199120222023: 98298220232024: 92892820242025: 90490420252026: 8538532026
Since 2022: -138
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll853904928982991
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals2.5%2.6%2.9%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)35.4%37.3%36.2%29.4%27.2%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language2.2%3.7%2.7%3.5%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.813.213.814.313.813.114.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers61.8full-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.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Wallace High SchoolCouncil3.5 miles1,221HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Dunblane High School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Dunblane High School have?

853 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
Old Doune Road, Dunblane, Dunblane, FK15 9EW
Telephone
01786 823823
Website
www.dunblanehighschool.org.uk
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
Stirling
Setting
Accessible small towns
SEED code
5722438
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from