Douglas Ewart High School, Newton Stewart
Douglas Ewart High School is a secondary school for pupils in Newton Stewart.
- Attendance
- 85.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Douglas Ewart High School in detail
School in Scotland
Douglas Ewart 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 600 pupils and 14.3 pupils per teacher.
18% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 58% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 85.3% in 2024/25, and 46% 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 61% full.
95% of pupils who left in 2023/24 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.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Douglas Ewart High School.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Douglas Ewart (outside), 50 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Douglas Ewart High School are Penninghame School (0.2 miles) and Minnigaff School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Dumfries & Galloway publishes both.
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 Douglas Ewart High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Douglas Ewart High School was opened in 1922 in Newton Stewart, Scotland. It was formed by the amalgamation of the Douglas Free School opened in 1834 and the High School of the Ewart Institute opened in 1864.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
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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
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Questions parents ask about Douglas Ewart High School
What is the catchment area for Douglas Ewart High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Douglas Ewart 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 Douglas Ewart High School?
If you live in Douglas Ewart 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 Douglas Ewart 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 Douglas Ewart High School?
Douglas Ewart High School is at Corsbie Road, Newton Stewart, Newton Stewart, DG8 6JQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)