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Dunblane Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational347 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 support29%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher17.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.8Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas2%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll347Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Dunblane Primary School is a council school in Dunblane for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 347 pupils. About 6 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Doune Road, Dunblane, Dunblane, FK15 9AU01786 822351blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/st/dunblaneprimaryAll 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 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 Stirling council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll347Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support29%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English2%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas2%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas73%Scotland 15%
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
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
33P1
57P2
45P3
38P4
55P5
49P6
70P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 39439420222023: 37737720232024: 36236220242025: 35435420252026: 3473472026
Since 2022: -47
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll347354362377394
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals4.9%5.6%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)29.4%29.7%30.7%22.5%13.2%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language2.0%1.4%2.2%1.6%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio17.417.518.117.718.019.618.2
Average class sizeAverage class size24.825.325.926.926.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers20.0full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher17.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.8Scotland 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
St Mary's Episcopal Primary SchoolCouncil840 m22HMIE, no open dataCompare
Newton Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles338HMIE, no open dataCompare
Doune Primary SchoolCouncil3.0 miles163HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bridge Of Allan PrimaryCouncil3.1 miles341HMIE, no open dataCompare
Cornton Primary SchoolCouncil3.7 miles177HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kincardine-in-Menteith Primary SchoolCouncil3.9 miles36HMIE, no open dataCompare
Deanston Primary SchoolCouncil3.9 miles12HMIE, no open dataCompare
Raploch Primary SchoolCouncil4.2 miles244HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Dunblane Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Dunblane Primary School have?

347 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
Doune Road, Dunblane, Dunblane, FK15 9AU
Telephone
01786 822351
Website
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/st/dunblaneprimary
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
Stirling
Setting
Accessible small towns
SEED code
5720826
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from