Noblehill School, Dumfries
Noblehill School is a primary school for pupils in Dumfries.
- Attendance
- 95.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Noblehill School in detail
School in Scotland
Noblehill 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.
Noblehill School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 276 pupils, an average class size of 23 and 17.2 pupils per teacher.
24% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 52% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 95.8% in 2024/25, and 8.2% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 95% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Noblehill School are Georgetown School (0.4 miles), Calside School (0.6 miles), St Andrew's RC School (0.7 miles) and St Michael's School (0.8 miles).
Georgetown SchoolCalside SchoolSt Andrew's RC SchoolSt Michael's School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dumfries Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Store (opposite), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Noblehill School are Dumfries High School (0.5 miles), St Joseph's College (0.8 miles) and Dumfries Academy (1.1 miles).
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 Noblehill School in November 2022.
- 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 Noblehill School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Noblehill School
Questions parents ask about Noblehill School
When was Noblehill School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Noblehill School in November 2022. 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 Noblehill School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Noblehill 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 Noblehill School?
If you live in Noblehill 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 Noblehill School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Noblehill School?
Noblehill School is at 233 Annan Road, Dumfries, Dumfries, DG1 3HB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)