Gretna School, Gretna
Gretna School is a primary school for pupils in Gretna.
- Attendance
- 89.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Gretna School in detail
School in Scotland
Gretna 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.
Gretna School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 259 pupils, an average class size of 25.9 and 18 pupils per teacher.
42% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 60% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 39% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.1% in 2024/25, and 34.3% 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 84% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Gretna School are Springfield Primary School (0.8 miles); Kirkpatrick Fleming School (3.5 miles); Longtown Primary School (4.1 miles, 77% reading, 74% maths); and Rockcliffe CofE School (4.2 miles, 67% reading, 71% maths).
Springfield Primary SchoolKirkpatrick Fleming SchoolLongtown Primary SchoolRockcliffe CofE School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Gretna Green Rail Station, about 610 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Stance 1 (at), 40 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 Gretna School in March 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changesatisfactory
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionsatisfactory
- 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.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 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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Questions parents ask about Gretna School
When was Gretna School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Gretna School in March 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as satisfactory; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Gretna School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Gretna 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 Gretna School?
If you live in Gretna 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 Gretna School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Dumfries & Galloway is 1 (the median across 109 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Gretna School?
Gretna School is at Victory Avenue, Gretna, Gretna, DG16 5AG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)