St Michael's Primary School, DUMBARTON
St Michael's Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dumbarton. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 90.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Michael's Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Michael's 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 196 pupils, an average class size of 24.5 and 18.7 pupils per teacher.
51% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 90.5% in 2024/25, and 32% 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 47% full.
St Michael's Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Click the boxes to be taken to the pages in this section:"
From the headteacher's welcome: "We wish you a very warm welcome to St. Michael's Primary School. Our school motto is "We Shall Serve" and we are very much committed to serving the whole community of St. Michael's Primary. We aspire to be an excellent Christ-centred community of learning through creating a safe, nurturing environment which sets high expectations for all."
Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Michael's Primary School are Dalreoch Primary School (0.3 miles), Braehead Primary School (0.8 miles), Knoxland Primary School (1 mile) and St Patrick's Primary School (1.2 miles).
Dalreoch Primary SchoolBraehead Primary SchoolKnoxland Primary SchoolSt Patrick's Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dalreoch Rail Station, about 440 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Oxhill Road (opposite), 60 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to St Michael's Primary School are Dumbarton Academy (1.1 miles) and Our Lady & St Patrick's High School (1.5 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 St Michael's Primary 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 3 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.
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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 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 St Michael's Primary School
When was St Michael's Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Michael's Primary 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 St Michael's Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Michael's 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 West Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Michael's Primary School?
If you live in St Michael's Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and West Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to West Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Michael's Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 3 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Michael's Primary School?
St Michael's Primary School is at St Michael's Way, Off Castlehill Road, DUMBARTON, DUMBARTON, G82 5BS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)