Dalbeattie High School, Dalbeattie
Dalbeattie High School is a secondary school for pupils in Dalbeattie.
- Attendance
- 91.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dalbeattie High School in detail
School in Scotland
Dalbeattie 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 304 pupils and 10.9 pupils per teacher.
13% of pupils are registered for free school meals and 55% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 12% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.3% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 59% full.
100% of pupils who left in 2022/23 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Dalbeattie High School in its own words
In its own words: "Use the controls (up and down arrows on your keyboard) within the window to navigate our fortnightly SWAY newsletter below."
From the headteacher's welcome: "It is also a showcase of the many wonderful achievements of our young people. Dalbeattie High School is one of fifteen secondary schools in Dumfries and Galloway. We are based in the Stewartry town of Dalbeattie, serving the communities of Colvened, Dalbeattie, Kirkgunzeon, and Palnackie, as well as surrounding areas."
Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Dalbeattie High School.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Campus (at), 130 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 Dalbeattie High School in March 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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.
About
Dalbeattie High School is a small rural secondary school on the edge of Dalbeattie in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the local council area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. The school has 304 pupils.
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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 Dalbeattie High School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
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Questions parents ask about Dalbeattie High School
When was Dalbeattie High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dalbeattie High School in March 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Dalbeattie High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dalbeattie 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 Dalbeattie High School?
If you live in Dalbeattie 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 Dalbeattie High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 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 Dalbeattie High School?
Dalbeattie High School is at Craignair Road, Dalbeattie, Dalbeattie, DG5 4LU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)