Heathhall Primary School, DUMFRIES
Heathhall Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dumfries.
- Attendance
- 94.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Heathhall Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Heathhall 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.
Heathhall Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 276 pupils, an average class size of 25.1 and 19.6 pupils per teacher.
38% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 39% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 94.7% in 2024/25, and 13.8% 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 85% full.
Heathhall Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Heathhall School sits within the commmunity of Heathhall, off the A701 heading out of the town Dumfries. It is a new Private Partnership School with the capacity to take 290 children in the primary and 80 children in the nursery over 2 sessions (40 in the am/40 in the pm) The school opened to pupils on Thursday 26th August 2010."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Heathhall Primary School are Locharbriggs School (0.7 miles), Noblehill School (2 miles), Lincluden School (2.3 miles) and Georgetown School (2.4 miles).
Locharbriggs SchoolNoblehill SchoolLincluden SchoolGeorgetown School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dumfries Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Shops (outside), 160 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Heathhall Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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 Heathhall Primary School
What is the catchment area for Heathhall Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Heathhall 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 Dumfries & Galloway. Dumfries & Galloway publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Heathhall Primary School?
If you live in Heathhall Primary 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 Heathhall Primary 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, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 Heathhall Primary School?
Heathhall Primary School is at Herries Avenue, Heathhall, DUMFRIES, DUMFRIES, DG1 3QZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)