Kirkcowan School, NEWTON STEWART
Kirkcowan School is a primary school for pupils in Newton Stewart.
- Attendance
- 96%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kirkcowan School in detail
School in Scotland
Kirkcowan 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.
Kirkcowan School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 28 pupils, an average class size of 14 and 9 pupils per teacher.
54% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 96% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 39% full.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Kirkcowan School.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Church (opposite), 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 Kirkcowan School in January 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
Keep up with Kirkcowan School
Getting There
Bus Stops
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 Kirkcowan School
When was Kirkcowan School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kirkcowan School in January 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Kirkcowan School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kirkcowan 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 Kirkcowan School?
If you live in Kirkcowan 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 Kirkcowan 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 Kirkcowan School?
Kirkcowan School is at Wellhouse Road, Kirkcowan, NEWTON STEWART, NEWTON STEWART, DG8 0HP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)