Kelloholm School, SANQUHAR
Kelloholm School is a primary school for pupils in Sanquhar.
- Attendance
- 90%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kelloholm School in detail
School in Scotland
Kelloholm 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.
Kelloholm School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 147 pupils, an average class size of 21 and 16.3 pupils per teacher.
80% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
100% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90% in 2024/25, and 27% 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 52% full.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kirkconnel Rail Station, about 1030 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School (o/s 23), 20 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 Kelloholm School in June 2025.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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 Kelloholm School
When was Kelloholm School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kelloholm School in June 2025.
What is the catchment area for Kelloholm School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kelloholm 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 Kelloholm School?
If you live in Kelloholm 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 Kelloholm School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Dumfries & Galloway is 1 (the median across 109 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Kelloholm School?
Kelloholm School is at Hyslop Street, Kelloholm, SANQUHAR, SANQUHAR, DG4 6QJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)