Dumbarton Academy, DUMBARTON
Dumbarton Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Dumbarton.
- Attendance
- 88.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dumbarton Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Dumbarton Academy 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.
Dumbarton Academy has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 729 pupils and 12.4 pupils per teacher.
21% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 38% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
22% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 88.1% in 2024/25, and 44% 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 101% full.
94% of pupils who left in 2024/25 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Dumbarton Academy are Our Lady & St Patrick's High School (0.8 miles), Vale Of Leven Academy (2.5 miles), Port Glasgow High School (4.2 miles) and St Stephen's High School (4.2 miles).
Our Lady & St Patrick's High SchoolVale Of Leven AcademyPort Glasgow High SchoolSt Stephen's High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dumbarton East Rail Station, about 510 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Asda St James Retail Park (at), 240 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Dumbarton Academy are St Patrick's Primary School (0.1 miles), Knoxland Primary School (0.3 miles), Braehead Primary School (0.3 miles) and Aitkenbar Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; West Dunbartonshire publishes both.
St Patrick's Primary SchoolKnoxland Primary SchoolBraehead Primary SchoolAitkenbar Primary School
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 Dumbarton Academy in March 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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
Dumbarton Academy is a non-denominational, co-educational state secondary school founded circa 1485. The school is located in the Historical town of Dumbarton, Scotland.
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At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
2 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 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
Questions parents ask about Dumbarton Academy
When was Dumbarton Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dumbarton Academy in March 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Dumbarton Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dumbarton Academy 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 West Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Dumbarton Academy?
If you live in Dumbarton Academy's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and West Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to West Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Dumbarton Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 2 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Dumbarton Academy?
Dumbarton Academy is at Crosslet Road, DUMBARTON, DUMBARTON, G82 2AJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)