Dunoon Primary School, ARGYLL
Dunoon Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Argyll.
- Attendance
- 91.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dunoon Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Dunoon Primary 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.
Dunoon Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 172 pupils, an average class size of 14.3 and 11.2 pupils per teacher.
64% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 63% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
27% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.4% in 2024/25, and 31.2% 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 60% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Dunoon Primary School are St Mun's Primary School (0.4 miles), Kirn Primary School (0.9 miles), Sandbank Primary Gaelic Unit (1.7 miles) and Sandbank Primary School (1.7 miles).
St Mun's Primary SchoolKirn Primary SchoolSandbank Primary Gaelic UnitSandbank Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Inverkip Rail Station, about 3.5 miles away in a straight line.
17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dunoon Primary School (at), 30 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 Dunoon Primary School in January 2022.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Latest from Dunoon Primary School
Stemovators Day Winners!
3 Jun 2026
World War 1 learning in Primary 7
27 Mar 2026
World War 1 Trench Models and People from the Past
27 Mar 2026
ELC/P1 Daffodil Tea
26 Mar 2026
Show and Tell
26 Mar 2026
Outdoor Fun in P1
26 Mar 2026
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 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 Dunoon Primary School
When was Dunoon Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dunoon Primary School in January 2022.
What is the catchment area for Dunoon Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dunoon Primary 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 Argyll & Bute. Argyll & Bute publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Dunoon Primary School?
If you live in Dunoon Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Argyll & Bute will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Argyll & Bute - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Dunoon Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Argyll & Bute is 0 (the median across 82 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Dunoon Primary School?
Dunoon Primary School is at Hillfoot Street, Dunoon, ARGYLL, ARGYLL, PA23 7DR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)