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Dalgety Bay Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational242 pupilsDunfermlineFife
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 support24%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher15.6Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.9Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll242Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Dalgety Bay Primary School is a council school in Dunfermline for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 242 pupils. About 9 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

St Bridget's Brae, Dalgety Bay, DUNFERMLINE, Dunfermline, KY11 9LT01383 602454fifedirect.org.uk/dalgetybaypsAll 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 Dalgety Bay 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 roll242Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support24%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 10 (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.
32P1
25P2
25P3
37P4
38P5
40P6
45P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 29529520222023: 28928920232024: 27127120242025: 24724720252026: 2422422026
Since 2022: -53
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll242247271289295
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals9.6%8.6%8.8%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)24.0%25.1%22.5%17.3%16.9%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio15.618.716.616.116.715.117.6
Average class sizeAverage class size26.924.727.126.326.8

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers15.5full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher15.6Scotland 14.1
Average class size26.9Scotland 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
Donibristle Primary SchoolCouncil0.6 miles325HMIE, no open dataCompare
Inverkeithing Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles351HMIE, no open dataCompare
Park Road Primary SchoolCouncil2.3 miles162HMIE, no open dataCompare
Duloch Schools and Community CampusCouncil2.3 miles418HMIE, no open dataCompare
Aberdour Primary SchoolCouncil2.4 miles135HMIE, no open dataCompare
North Queensferry Primary SchoolCouncil2.5 miles65HMIE, no open dataCompare
Masterton Primary SchoolCouncil2.6 miles429HMIE, no open dataCompare
St John's R C Primary SchoolCouncil2.8 miles242HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Dalgety Bay Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Dalgety Bay Primary School have?

242 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
St Bridget's Brae, Dalgety Bay, DUNFERMLINE, Dunfermline, KY11 9LT
Telephone
01383 602454
Website
www.fifedirect.org.uk/dalgetybayps
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
Accessible small towns
SEED code
5441625
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from