Annan Academy, DUMFRIESSHIRE
Annan Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Dumfriesshire.
- Attendance
- 84.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Annan Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Annan Academy is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 908 pupils and 13.9 pupils per teacher.
22% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 53% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
9% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 14% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 84.7% in 2024/25, and 41.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 69% full.
97% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 94% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Annan Rail Station, about 180 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Academy (outside), 110 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Annan Academy are Hecklegirth School (under 0.1 miles), Elmvale School (0.2 miles), St Columba's RC School (0.7 miles) and Newington School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Dumfries & Galloway publishes both.
Hecklegirth SchoolElmvale SchoolSt Columba's RC SchoolNewington School
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Annan Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Annan Academy is a secondary school in Annan, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The present school is the result of an amalgamation in 1921 of the original Annan Academy and Greenknowe Public School, although its history goes back to the 17th century.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
No
Nursery
No
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Dumfries & Galloway is 1 (the median across 109 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Annan Academy
What is the catchment area for Annan Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Annan Academy is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to Dumfries & Galloway. Dumfries & Galloway publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Annan Academy?
If you live in Annan Academy's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Dumfries & Galloway will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Dumfries & Galloway - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Annan Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Dumfries & Galloway is 1 (the median across 109 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Annan Academy?
Annan Academy is at St John's Road, Annan, DUMFRIESSHIRE, DUMFRIESSHIRE, DG12 6AP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)