Dunbar Grammar School, Dunbar
Dunbar Grammar School is a secondary school for pupils in Dunbar.
- Attendance
- 91.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dunbar Grammar School in detail
School in Scotland
Dunbar Grammar 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 1087 pupils and 13.8 pupils per teacher.
8% of pupils are registered for free school meals and 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 20% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.4% in 2024/25, and 29.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 91% full.
92% of pupils who left in 2023/24 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.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dunbar Rail Station, about 1190 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Grammar School (at), 20 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Dunbar Grammar School are Dunbar Primary School (0.3 miles) and West Barns Primary School (0.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; East Lothian 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 Dunbar Grammar School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
0 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 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
Dunbar Grammar School
Questions parents ask about Dunbar Grammar School
What is the catchment area for Dunbar Grammar School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dunbar Grammar 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 East Lothian. East Lothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Dunbar Grammar School?
If you live in Dunbar Grammar School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Lothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Lothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Dunbar Grammar School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 0 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Dunbar Grammar School?
Dunbar Grammar School is at Summerfield Road, Dunbar, Dunbar, EH42 1NJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)