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Aberhill Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational273 pupilsLevenFife
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals55%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support7%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher18.7Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.8Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas98%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll273Census September 2025

Aberhill Primary School is a council school in Leven for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 273 pupils. About 55 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Wellesley Road, Methil, LEVEN, Leven, KY8 3AD01334 659446fife.gov.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&ORGID=60304273-A856-11D6-BF4D0002A5349AC9&facid=C35EFFDA-A152-44C9-84F09F714F89D4F2All details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Aberhill Primary School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through Fife council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll273Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals55%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support7%Additional support needs
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas98%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas0%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 1 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
33P1
34P2
37P3
34P4
49P5
47P6
39P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 29229220222023: 29029020232024: 27627620242025: 28928920252026: 2732732026
Since 2022: -19
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll273289276290292
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals54.7%54.4%57.7%48.1%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)6.6%6.2%8.0%9.7%13.7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language9.3%5.1%2.8%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio18.718.515.815.816.215.516.8
Average class sizeAverage class size24.826.323.024.224.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers14.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher18.7Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.8Scotland 21.0

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Parkhill Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles306HMIE, no open dataCompare
Mountfleurie Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles274HMIE, no open dataCompare
Denbeath Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles174HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Agatha's R C PrimaryCouncil1.0 miles237HMIE, no open dataCompare
Methilhill Primary & Community SchoolCouncil1.0 miles308HMIE, no open dataCompare
Buckhaven Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles239HMIE, no open dataCompare
Balcurvie Primary SchoolCouncil1.8 miles151HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kennoway Primary & Community SchoolCouncil2.0 miles378HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Aberhill Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Aberhill Primary School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Aberhill Primary School have?

273 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Wellesley Road, Methil, LEVEN, Leven, KY8 3AD
Telephone
01334 659446
Website
www.fife.gov.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&ORGID=60304273-A856-11D6-BF4D0002A5349AC9&facid=C35EFFDA-A152-44C9-84F09F714F89D4F2
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Fife
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5400724
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from