Moffat Academy Contact Details

Our office staff are here to help and will be your first point of contact. They can answer any questions you have about your child or connect you with the right member of staff.

If you call outside of office hours, you can leave a message on our answering machine.

Emails will be forwarded to the appropriate staff member.

If you’d like to make an in-person appointment, please get in touch with us first — we’re here to help.

Tell us about an absence or an appointment

Report on Parents Portal or call us on 01683 222000.

If you have not yet linked with your young person on Parents Portal, please click on the link below:

https://parentsportal.scot/pportal/

Discuss a concern regarding your young person

Call 01683 222000 or email gw08officemoffat@ea.dumgal.sch.uk and ask for one of the members of staff listed below:

Nursery	Mrs Alison Ryder	Nursery Manager
Primary	Mr Murray Gallacher	Depute Head Curriculum and Learning
Secondary	Mr Pete Colquhoun	Depute Head SQA, Curriculum and Learning
S1-S3	Mrs Melanie Ayling	PT Pupil Support for Pastoral Care
S4-S6	Mrs Sandra Allison	PT Pupil Support for Pastoral Care

Discuss a Child Protection Matter

To discuss a Child Protection matter please contact:

Primary and Nursery: Mrs Nicky Brown

Secondary: Mrs Kirstin Candlish

Call 01683 222000 or email gw08officemoffat@ea.dumgal.sch.uk and ask for one of the above.

During out of hours or outwith term time, please follow the link for contact details: https://www.dgppp.org.uk/article/18635/Report-a-concern-about-a-child-or-young-person

General Enquiries

Call 01683 222000 or email gw08officemoffat@ea.dumgal.sch.uk

Update your details

Call 01683 222000 or email gw08officemoffat@ea.dumgal.sch.uk

If you have not yet linked with your young person on Parents Portal, please click on the link below.

https://parentsportal.scot/pportal/

Response times

We endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible.

You can help us by ensuring that you direct your enquiry to the correct place and only sending your enquiry to one account.

Concerns, complaints and compliments

Tara Woods, Head Teacher gw08officemoffat@ea.dumgal.sch.uk

Communication Standards

We value and welcome communication from everyone in our school community and partner organisations. We encourage all messages to be shared in a calm and respectful way.

In line with Dumfries and Galloway Council policy, we kindly ask that all contact with our staff—whether by phone, email, letter, or messaging platforms like Class Dojo - is courteous and respectful. This helps us maintain a positive and professional working environment for everyone.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Kind regards,
Tara Woods
Head Teacher

Careers

Please contact Shirley Jones:

shirley.jones@sds.co.uk

Parent Connect

If you would like to get in touch please contact us by email on maparentconnect@gmail.com or through our Facebook page below:

Parent Connect Facebook

Other Useful contacts

Police Scotland: 101 or 999 in an emergency.Helplines Pupil Help Page