Laurieknowe School, Dumfries
Laurieknowe School is a primary school for pupils in Dumfries.
- Attendance
- 93.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Laurieknowe School in detail
School in Scotland
Laurieknowe 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.
Laurieknowe School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 257 pupils, an average class size of 25.7 and 18.9 pupils per teacher.
34% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 35% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
14% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 23% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.9% in 2024/25, and 17.6% 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 73% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Laurieknowe School are Loreburn School (0.4 miles), Troqueer School (0.5 miles), St Michael's School (0.8 miles) and St Teresa's RC School (0.8 miles).
Loreburn SchoolTroqueer SchoolSt Michael's SchoolSt Teresa's RC School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dumfries Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School (o/s 44), 100 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Laurieknowe School are Dumfries Academy (0.5 miles), St Joseph's College (0.9 miles), North West Community Campus Secondary (1 mile) and Dumfries High School (1.2 miles).
Dumfries AcademySt Joseph's CollegeNorth West Community Campus SecondaryDumfries High School
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 Laurieknowe School in November 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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 Laurieknowe School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 19
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 6
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 14 slight.
6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 6 on foot.
6 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 Laurieknowe School
When was Laurieknowe School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Laurieknowe School in November 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Laurieknowe School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Laurieknowe 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 Laurieknowe School?
If you live in Laurieknowe 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 Laurieknowe School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 19 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 14 slight. 6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 6 on foot. 6 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 Laurieknowe School?
Laurieknowe School is at Laurieknowe, Dumfries, Dumfries, DG2 7AJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)