Castle Douglas High School, Castle Douglas
Castle Douglas High School is a secondary school for pupils in Castle Douglas.
- Attendance
- 89.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Castle Douglas High School in detail
School in Scotland
Castle Douglas High School 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 506 pupils and 11.9 pupils per teacher.
13% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 89.5% in 2024/25, and 33.3% 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 63% full.
95% of pupils who left in 2021/22 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Castle Douglas High School.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (opposite), 50 metres away.
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 Castle Douglas High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Castle Douglas High School is a comprehensive state school situated in Castle Douglas in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire. It has approximately 550 students and provides education from Secondary 1 to Secondary 6.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
Keep up with Castle Douglas High School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Castle Douglas High School
Questions parents ask about Castle Douglas High School
What is the catchment area for Castle Douglas High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Castle Douglas High School 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 Castle Douglas High School?
If you live in Castle Douglas High School'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 Castle Douglas High School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Dumfries & Galloway is 1 (the median across 109 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Castle Douglas High School?
Castle Douglas High School is at Dunmuir Road, Castle Douglas, Castle Douglas, DG7 1LQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)