Schools in the Dumfries and Galloway council area
Dumfries and Galloway has 107 schools listed on OfferDay across 16 towns.
87 primary schools · 14 secondary schools · 2 all-through schools · 4 special and alternative provision schools
About schools in Dumfries and Galloway
Most of the 107 schools listed in Dumfries and Galloway are primary schools. Its 14 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. The area also has two all-through schools, which teach every age from the early years to school-leaving age on one site.
Schools in Dumfries and Galloway are inspected by Education Scotland. Its inspectors evaluate a school against the How good is our school quality indicators rather than a single grade, and each page carries the inspection date with a link to the published report. Scotland does not release school-level attainment under an open licence, so these pages show the pupil-census figures its government does publish, among them the school roll and the spread of pupils across the most and least deprived areas. Treat a report as a starting point and visit before you decide.
Recently inspected in Dumfries and Galloway
The latest inspections in this area, newest first. Each links to the school's page, where the report and its framework are set out.
- Colvend School Education Scotland, 16 June 2026
- Drummore School Education Scotland, 19 May 2026
- St Joseph's RC School Education Scotland, 19 May 2026
- Eaglesfield School Education Scotland, 12 May 2026
- St Teresa's RC School Education Scotland, 12 May 2026
- Collin School Education Scotland, 5 May 2026
- Langlands School Education Scotland, 28 April 2026
- Dumfries Academy Education Scotland, 21 April 2026
- Rephad School Education Scotland, 24 March 2026
- Gretna School Education Scotland, 17 March 2026
- Dalbeattie High School Education Scotland, 3 March 2026
- Lockerbie Academy Education Scotland, 2 December 2025
Schools by town
The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Dumfries and Galloway.
Schools not listed under a town
These schools have no town recorded in the national register.
Primary schools26
Secondary schools1
Common questions about schools in Dumfries and Galloway
- How many schools are in Dumfries and Galloway?
- OfferDay lists 107 schools in Dumfries and Galloway, including 87 primary schools and 14 secondary schools.
- Who inspects schools in Dumfries and Galloway?
- Schools in Dumfries and Galloway are inspected by Education Scotland (HM Inspectors). It evaluates a school against the How good is our school quality indicators rather than giving one overall grade, and each school page carries the inspection date with a link to the published report.
- Which are the best schools in Dumfries and Galloway?
- OfferDay does not rank schools in Dumfries and Galloway. Scotland does not publish school-level attainment under an open licence, so there is no fair basis for a league table. Compare schools on their Education Scotland reports and the pupil-census figures its government publishes, and treat any single measure as a starting point rather than a verdict.
- How many towns are in the Dumfries and Galloway council area?
- OfferDay groups the Dumfries and Galloway schools across 16 towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the council area is reachable.
School details come from the Scottish Government's school contact list. Inspection information comes from Education Scotland. Information on this page was last updated on 26 July 2026.