Collin School, DUMFRIES
Collin School is a primary school for pupils in Dumfries.
- Attendance
- 94.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Collin School in detail
School in Scotland
Collin 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.
Collin School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 30 pupils, an average class size of 15 and 10.7 pupils per teacher.
50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 94.3% in 2024/25, and 13.5% 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 good (A); the school was 42% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Collin School are Calside School (2.3 miles), Noblehill School (2.3 miles), Georgetown School (2.5 miles) and Heathhall Primary School (2.7 miles).
Calside SchoolNoblehill SchoolGeorgetown SchoolHeathhall Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Collin School.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School (at), 110 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Collin School in May 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Collin School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Collin School
When was Collin School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Collin School in May 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Collin School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Collin 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 Collin School?
If you live in Collin 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 Collin School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Collin School?
Collin School is at 2 Main Road, Collin, DUMFRIES, DUMFRIES, DG1 4JE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)