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St Andrew's RC School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilRoman Catholic188 pupilsDumfriesDumfries & 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 support29%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher19.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.9Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas12%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll188Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

St Andrew's RC School is a council school in Dumfries for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 188 pupils. About 12 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Craigs Road, Dumfries, Dumfries, DG1 4EX01387 273001dumgal.gov.uk/media/17718/Handbook-St-Andrews-RC-Primary-School/pdf/0448-17_St_Andrew's_Handbook.pdfAll 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 St Andrew's RC 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 roll188Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support29%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English5%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas12%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas27%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 6 (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.
14P1
26P2
30P3
33P4
25P5
27P6
33P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 17717720222023: 18918920232024: 19519520242025: 19119120252026: 1881882026
Since 2022: +11
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll188191195189177
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals8.2%11.7%11.5%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)28.7%27.2%16.4%13.8%17.5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language4.8%16.8%16.9%10.6%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio19.820.119.520.117.717.416.8
Average class sizeAverage class size26.927.324.427.025.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers9.5full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher19.8Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.9Scotland 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 Michael's SchoolCouncil410 m153HMIE, no open dataCompare
Georgetown SchoolCouncil690 m311HMIE, no open dataCompare
Calside SchoolCouncil0.6 miles184HMIE, no open dataCompare
Noblehill SchoolCouncil0.7 miles276HMIE, no open dataCompare
Troqueer SchoolCouncil0.8 miles272HMIE, no open dataCompare
Loreburn SchoolCouncil0.9 miles156HMIE, no open dataCompare
Laurieknowe SchoolCouncil1.0 miles257HMIE, no open dataCompare
Brownhall SchoolCouncil1.1 miles28HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Andrew's RC School a good school?

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

How many pupils does St Andrew's RC School have?

188 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
Craigs Road, Dumfries, Dumfries, DG1 4EX
Telephone
01387 273001
Website
www.dumgal.gov.uk/media/17718/Handbook-St-Andrews-RC-Primary-School/pdf/0448-17_St_Andrew's_Handbook.pdf
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Dumfries & Galloway
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5941121
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from