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Kingsbarns Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational37 pupilsSt AndrewsFife
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 support30%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher10.6Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.5Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll37Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Kingsbarns Primary School is a council school in St Andrews for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 37 pupils.

8 Main Street, Kingsbarns, ST ANDREWS, St Andrews, KY16 8SZ01334 659422fifedirect.org.uk/kingsbarnspsAll 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 Kingsbarns 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 roll37Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support30%Additional support needs
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 7 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is bigger than P5, so the roll is likely to grow.
8P2
6P3
8P4
6P5
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 464620222023: 383820232024: 454520242025: 454520252026: 37372026
Since 2022: -9
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll3745453846
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)29.7%26.7%20.0%13.2%13.0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio10.614.511.08.615.315.89.9
Average class sizeAverage class size18.522.522.519.023.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers3.5full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher10.6Scotland 14.1
Average class size18.5Scotland 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
Crail Primary SchoolCouncil2.8 miles71HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Kingsbarns Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Kingsbarns Primary School have?

37 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
8 Main Street, Kingsbarns, ST ANDREWS, St Andrews, KY16 8SZ
Telephone
01334 659422
Website
www.fifedirect.org.uk/kingsbarnsps
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 rural areas
SEED code
5423422
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from