Dobwalls Community Primary School is smaller than most primary schools. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs is close to the national average. The proportion of pupils for whom the school receives the pupil premium (additional funding for specific disadvantaged groups, including those known to be eligible for free school meals and those who are looked after by the local authority) is below the national average. This represents about one in five pupils in the school. Almost all pupils are of White British heritage. The school meets the government’s floor targets, which set the minimum expectations for pupils’ attainment and progress. The school is part of a cooperative trust with three other primary schools and the local secondary school. The nursery adjacent to the school is managed separately and was not part of this inspection. Since the previous inspection, there have been extensive changes both to teaching staff and with regard to leadership responsibilities. Several current leaders are relatively new in post; the temporary assistant headteacher has been in post since September 2013. The school is led by an executive headteacher, who also has headship responsibility for another local school. This arrangement was in place during the whole of the previous academic year and is set to continue for the duration of the current one. The governing body is currently considering leadership options beyond 2014/15.