Wallace Hall Academy, DUMFRIESSHIRE
Wallace Hall Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Dumfriesshire.
- Attendance
- 89.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Wallace Hall Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Wallace Hall Academy 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 572 pupils and 13.9 pupils per teacher.
13% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 55% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
8% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.5% in 2024/25, and 27.1% 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 68% full.
94% of pupils who left in 2023/24 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Source: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Wallace Hall Academy in February 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
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Questions parents ask about Wallace Hall Academy
When was Wallace Hall Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Wallace Hall Academy in February 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as very good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Wallace Hall Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Wallace Hall Academy 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 Wallace Hall Academy?
If you live in Wallace Hall Academy'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.
Where is Wallace Hall Academy?
Wallace Hall Academy is at Station Road, Thornhill, DUMFRIESSHIRE, DUMFRIESSHIRE, DG3 5DS.