Sanquhar Primary School, SANQUHAR
Sanquhar Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Sanquhar.
- Attendance
- 94.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Sanquhar Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Sanquhar 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.
Sanquhar Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 162 pupils, an average class size of 23.1 and 13.7 pupils per teacher.
45% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
12% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.6% in 2024/25, and 15.6% 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 59% full.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Sanquhar Rail Station, about 470 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Eughan Street (opposite), 100 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 Sanquhar Primary School in October 2025.
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
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 0 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
0 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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Sanquhar Primary School
Questions parents ask about Sanquhar Primary School
When was Sanquhar Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Sanquhar Primary School in October 2025.
What is the catchment area for Sanquhar Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Sanquhar 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 Sanquhar Primary School?
If you live in Sanquhar 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 Sanquhar 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, 0 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 0 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 Sanquhar Primary School?
Sanquhar Primary School is at Queensberry Court, Lovedale, SANQUHAR, SANQUHAR, DG4 6BD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)