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Dunoon Grammar School

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational743 pupilsDunoonArgyll & 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 meals30%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support54%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher12.2Scotland 12.1
Pupils on roll743Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Dunoon Grammar School is a council school in Dunoon for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 743 pupils. About 30 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.

Ardenslate Road, Dunoon, ARGYLL, Dunoon, PA23 8LU01369 705010dunoongrammar.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 Dunoon 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 Argyll & Bute council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll743Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals30%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support54%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English2%First language is not English
Pupils taught in Gaelic4%
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 5 (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.
135S1
142S2
123S3
119S4
137S5
87S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 75075020222023: 74274220232024: 74574520242025: 75575520252026: 7437432026
Since 2022: -7
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll743755745742750
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals30.3%28.5%26.3%17.3%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)54.2%49.7%48.1%47.7%46.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language1.9%1.3%1.2%0.7%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio12.211.711.211.211.211.310.8

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers60.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher12.2Scotland 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
St Columba's High SchoolCouncil4.1 miles656HMIE, no open dataCompare
Inverclyde AcademyCouncil4.7 miles734HMIE, no open dataCompare
Clydeview AcademyCouncil4.8 miles1,010HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Dunoon Grammar School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Dunoon Grammar School have?

743 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
Ardenslate Road, Dunoon, ARGYLL, Dunoon, PA23 8LU
Telephone
01369 705010
Website
www.dunoongrammar.argyll-bute.sch.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
Argyll & Bute
Setting
Remote small towns
SEED code
8110239
Medium of education
English medium (but has Gaelic Medium stream)
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from