North West Community Campus Secondary, DUMFRIES
North West Community Campus Secondary is a secondary school for pupils in Dumfries.
- Attendance
- 82.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
North West Community Campus Secondary in detail
School in Scotland
North West Community Campus Secondary 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.
North West Community Campus Secondary has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 219 pupils and 9.4 pupils per teacher.
41% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 74% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 82.5% in 2024/25, and 51.3% 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); the school was 46% full.
92% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 92% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to North West Community Campus Secondary are Dumfries Academy (1.1 miles), Dumfries High School (1.6 miles) and St Joseph's College (1.8 miles).
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.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to North West Community Campus Secondary are North West Community Campus Primary (under 0.1 miles), St Teresa's RC School (0.3 miles), Lincluden School (0.4 miles) and Loreburn School (1 mile). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Dumfries & Galloway publishes both.
North West Community Campus PrimarySt Teresa's RC SchoolLincluden SchoolLoreburn School
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find North West Community Campus Secondary's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about North West Community Campus Secondary
What is the catchment area for North West Community Campus Secondary?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and North West Community Campus Secondary 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 North West Community Campus Secondary?
If you live in North West Community Campus Secondary'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 North West Community Campus Secondary?
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 North West Community Campus Secondary?
North West Community Campus Secondary is at Alloway Road, Lochside, DUMFRIES, DUMFRIES, DG2 9DF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)