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Johnstonebridge School, DUMFRIESSHIRE

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Johnstonebridge School is a primary school for pupils in Dumfriesshire.

Attendance
91.6%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Johnstonebridge School in detail

School in Scotland

Johnstonebridge 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 28 pupils, an average class size of 14 and 9.7 pupils per teacher.

61% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.

0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 91.6% in 2024/25, and 26.7% 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 39% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Johnstonebridge School are Applegarth School (2.7 miles) and Nethermill School (4.5 miles).

Applegarth SchoolNethermill School

Getting there

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Johnstonebridge School.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (at), 80 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Dumfries & Galloway
Phone:01576 470246
Address:Johnstonebridge, Lockerbie, DUMFRIESSHIRE, DUMFRIESSHIRE, DG11 1ES
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Johnstonebridge School's reports on the inspectorate's website.

URN:5947626

At a Glance

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Primary School (at)
80m · 1 min walk
Village (at)
511m · 8 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
1
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 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.

Commute and house prices

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Questions parents ask about Johnstonebridge School

What is the catchment area for Johnstonebridge School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Johnstonebridge 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 Johnstonebridge School?

If you live in Johnstonebridge 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 Johnstonebridge School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 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 Johnstonebridge School?

Johnstonebridge School is at Johnstonebridge, Lockerbie, DUMFRIESSHIRE, DUMFRIESSHIRE, DG11 1ES.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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