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Kirkinner School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational29 pupilsNewton StewartDumfries & Galloway
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 support62%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher10.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size14.5Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll29Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Kirkinner School is a council school in Newton Stewart for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 29 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Kirkinner, Newton Stewart, Newton Stewart, DG8 9AL01988 840671dumgal.gov.uk/article/15486/Kirkinner-Primary-SchoolAll 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 Kirkinner 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 Dumfries & Galloway council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll29Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support62%Additional support needs
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 bigger than P6, so the roll is likely to grow.
9P5
6P6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 212120222023: 202020232024: 242420242025: 323220252026: 29292026
Since 2022: +8
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll2932242021
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)62.1%59.4%0.0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio10.411.08.38.08.411.310.0
Average class sizeAverage class size14.516.012.010.010.5

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers2.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher10.4Scotland 14.1
Average class size14.5Scotland 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
Wigtown Primary SchoolCouncil2.5 miles73HMIE, no open dataCompare
Garlieston SchoolCouncil4.7 miles14HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Kirkinner School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Kirkinner School have?

29 pupils aged 4 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
Kirkinner, Newton Stewart, Newton Stewart, DG8 9AL
Telephone
01988 840671
Website
www.dumgal.gov.uk/article/15486/Kirkinner-Primary-School
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Setting
Remote rural areas
SEED code
5901022
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from