Lockerbie Primary School, Lockerbie
Lockerbie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Lockerbie.
- Attendance
- 92.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lockerbie Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Lockerbie Primary 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.
Lockerbie Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 291 pupils, an average class size of 22.4 and 13.9 pupils per teacher.
53% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 92.3% in 2024/25, and 20.2% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 82% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Lockerbie Primary School are St Mungo School (3.2 miles), Lochmaben School (3.2 miles), Hightae School (3.3 miles) and Applegarth School (3.5 miles).
St Mungo SchoolLochmaben SchoolHightae SchoolApplegarth School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Lockerbie Rail Station, about 610 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bowling Club (opposite), 90 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 Lockerbie Primary School in November 2024.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Lockerbie Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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.
Commute and house prices
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Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Lockerbie Primary School
Questions parents ask about Lockerbie Primary School
When was Lockerbie Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lockerbie Primary School in November 2024.
What is the catchment area for Lockerbie Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lockerbie Primary 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 Lockerbie Primary School?
If you live in Lockerbie Primary 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 Lockerbie Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 Lockerbie Primary School?
Lockerbie Primary School is at Glasgow Road, Lockerbie, Lockerbie, DG11 2AT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)