Lincluden School, DUMFRIES
Lincluden School is a primary school for pupils in Dumfries.
- Attendance
- 90.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lincluden School in detail
School in Scotland
Lincluden 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.
Lincluden School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 207 pupils, an average class size of 18.8 and 14.8 pupils per teacher.
77% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 62% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 90.1% in 2024/25, and 36.6% 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 71% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Lincluden School are St Teresa's RC School (0.3 miles), North West Community Campus Primary (0.4 miles), Loreburn School (0.8 miles) and Laurieknowe School (1 mile).
St Teresa's RC SchoolNorth West Community Campus PrimaryLoreburn SchoolLaurieknowe School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dumfries Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (outside), 130 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Lincluden School are North West Community Campus Secondary (0.4 miles), Dumfries Academy (0.9 miles), Dumfries High School (1.3 miles) and St Joseph's College (1.6 miles).
North West Community Campus SecondaryDumfries AcademyDumfries High SchoolSt Joseph's College
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 Lincluden School in November 2024.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 15
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 10 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
3 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 Lincluden School
When was Lincluden School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lincluden School in November 2024.
What is the catchment area for Lincluden School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lincluden 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 Lincluden School?
If you live in Lincluden 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 Lincluden School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 10 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 3 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 Lincluden School?
Lincluden School is at Priory Road, Lincluden, DUMFRIES, DUMFRIES, DG2 0PU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)