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D&G Secondary Inclusion Support, DUMFRIES

Special
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

D&G Secondary Inclusion Support is a special school for pupils in Dumfries.

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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

D&G Secondary Inclusion Support in detail

School in Scotland

D&G Secondary Inclusion Support 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 1 pupils and 0.2 pupils per teacher.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other special schools to D&G Secondary Inclusion Support are D&G Primary Central & East Inclusion Hub (0.2 miles), Langlands School (0.5 miles), Netherlea School (1.5 miles) and Common Thread School (Dumfries and Kilmarnock) (2.6 miles).

D&G Primary Central & East Inclusion HubLanglands SchoolNetherlea SchoolCommon Thread School (Dumfries and Kilmarnock)

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Dumfries Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Park (at), 180 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Dumfries & Galloway
Phone:01387 255660
Address:The Bridge, Glasgow Road, DUMFRIES, DUMFRIES, DG2 9AW
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of D&G Secondary Inclusion Support in September 2026.

  • 1.3 Leadership of changeweak
  • 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentweak
  • 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionweak
  • 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementweak

HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.

Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.

URN:5940842

At a Glance

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Park (at)
175m · 3 min walk
Store (at)
211m · 3 min walk
Abbey Gardens (at)
368m · 6 min walk
Health Centre (at)
434m · 7 min walk
Nursing Home (o/s 10)
436m · 7 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
16
Fatal
0
Serious
4
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 12 slight.

No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.

3 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 D&G Secondary Inclusion Support

When was D&G Secondary Inclusion Support last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of D&G Secondary Inclusion Support in September 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as weak; learning, teaching and assessment as weak; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as weak and raising attainment and achievement as weak, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.

What is the catchment area for D&G Secondary Inclusion Support?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and D&G Secondary Inclusion Support 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 D&G Secondary Inclusion Support?

If you live in D&G Secondary Inclusion Support'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 D&G Secondary Inclusion Support?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 12 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 3 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 D&G Secondary Inclusion Support?

D&G Secondary Inclusion Support is at The Bridge, Glasgow Road, DUMFRIES, DUMFRIES, DG2 9AW.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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