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Collydean Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational298 pupilsGlenrothesFife
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 meals32%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support36%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher18.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size27.1Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas38%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll298Census September 2025

Collydean Primary School is a council school in Glenrothes for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 298 pupils. About 32 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.

Magnus Drive, Glenrothes, Glenrothes, KY7 6TR01592 583421fifedirect.org.uk/collydeanpsAll 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 Collydean 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 roll298Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals32%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support36%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English4%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas38%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas28%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
The youngest year is smaller than P7, so the roll is likely to fall.
37P1
43P2
40P3
43P4
37P5
50P6
48P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 35235220222023: 35735720232024: 33433420242025: 31731720252026: 2982982026
Since 2022: -54
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll298317334357352
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals31.6%28.3%36.9%26.3%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)36.2%16.4%21.9%26.1%33.0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.7%5.0%5.4%4.2%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio18.918.218.416.514.817.217.4
Average class sizeAverage class size27.126.425.727.525.1

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers15.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher18.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size27.1Scotland 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
Pitcoudie Primary SchoolCouncil890 m282HMIE, no open dataCompare
South Parks Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles197HMIE, no open dataCompare
Southwood Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles195HMIE, no open dataCompare
Rimbleton Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles227HMIE, no open dataCompare
Warout Primary & Community SchoolCouncil1.5 miles190HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Paul's R C Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles257HMIE, no open dataCompare
Leslie Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles206HMIE, no open dataCompare
Caskieberran Primary SchoolCouncil1.8 miles227HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Collydean Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Collydean Primary School have?

298 pupils aged 3 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
Magnus Drive, Glenrothes, Glenrothes, KY7 6TR
Telephone
01592 583421
Website
www.fifedirect.org.uk/collydeanps
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Fife
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5408725
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from