Dunbar Grammar School
Dunbar Grammar School is a state secondary school that serves as the main secondary school for Dunbar and the surrounding areas. The school currently has 713 pupils. As of 2004, Paul Raffaeli is the school's current headmaster, following Don Ledingham.
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