Langlands School, Alloway Road
Langlands School is a special school for pupils in Alloway Road.
- Attendance
- 88.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Langlands School in detail
School in Scotland
Langlands 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 31 pupils and 4.4 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 88.6% in 2024/25, and 33.3% 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 good (A).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Langlands School are D&G Primary Central & East Inclusion Hub (0.3 miles), D&G Secondary Inclusion Support (0.5 miles), Netherlea School (1.9 miles) and Common Thread School (Dumfries and Kilmarnock) (2.9 miles).
D&G Primary Central & East Inclusion HubD&G Secondary Inclusion SupportNetherlea SchoolCommon Thread School (Dumfries and Kilmarnock)
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dumfries Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School (opp 66), 70 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 Langlands School in April 2026.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Langlands School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 6 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.
2 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 Langlands School
When was Langlands School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Langlands School in April 2026.
What is the catchment area for Langlands School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Langlands 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 Langlands School?
If you live in Langlands 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 Langlands School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 6 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 on a bicycle. 2 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 Langlands School?
Langlands School is at North West Community Campus, Alloway Road, Alloway Road, DG2 9DF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)