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Colinsburgh Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational31 pupilsFife
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 getting extra support39%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher7.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size15.5Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll31Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Colinsburgh Primary School is a council school in Kilconquhar for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 31 pupils. About 46 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

4 Main Street, Colinsburgh, KILCONQUHAR, Kilconquhar, KY9 1LN01334 659455fifedirect.org.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&FacId=D8FE81D0-7F8F-42F5-88BA755D9B935A4BAll 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 Colinsburgh 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 roll31Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support39%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 5 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is smaller than P6, so the roll is likely to fall.
5P3
8P5
7P6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 393920222023: 343420232024: 383820242025: 333320252026: 31312026
Since 2022: -8
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll3133383439
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals31.3%45.5%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)38.7%27.3%34.2%17.6%15.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio7.98.713.610.011.511.715.6
Average class sizeAverage class size15.516.519.017.019.5

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers3.9full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher7.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size15.5Scotland 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
Elie Primary SchoolCouncil2.2 miles13HMIE, no open dataCompare
Largoward Primary SchoolCouncil2.6 miles6HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Monans Primary SchoolCouncil3.3 miles71HMIE, no open dataCompare
Lundin Mill Primary SchoolCouncil4.0 miles133HMIE, no open dataCompare
Pittenweem Primary SchoolCouncil4.5 miles94HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Colinsburgh Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Colinsburgh Primary School have?

31 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
4 Main Street, Colinsburgh, KILCONQUHAR, Kilconquhar, KY9 1LN
Telephone
01334 659455
Website
www.fifedirect.org.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&FacId=D8FE81D0-7F8F-42F5-88BA755D9B935A4B
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
Accessible rural areas
SEED code
5421721
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from