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Levenmouth Academy

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational1,674 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 registered for free school meals34%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support65%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher14.3Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas59%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll1,674Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Levenmouth Academy is a council school in Buckhaven for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,674 pupils. About 34 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Methilhaven Road, Buckhaven, FIFE, Buckhaven, KY8 1HL01592 583118levenmouthacademy.org.ukAll 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 Levenmouth Academy.

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 roll1,674Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals34%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support65%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English4%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas59%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas1%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 2 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to S4 are about the same size. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
324S1
326S2
353S3
314S4
238S5
119S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 1,7101,71020222023: 1,6841,68420232024: 1,7551,75520242025: 1,6441,64420252026: 1,6741,6742026
Since 2022: -36
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1,6741,6441,7551,6841,710
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals34.3%33.7%32.8%31.9%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)64.8%66.7%62.5%43.3%35.9%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.8%2.6%1.9%1.5%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.312.914.513.913.915.014.2

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers116.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.3Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

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

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Auchmuty High SchoolCouncil4.6 miles1,332HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Levenmouth Academy a good school?

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

How many pupils does Levenmouth Academy have?

1,674 pupils aged 11 to 18 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
Methilhaven Road, Buckhaven, FIFE, Buckhaven, KY8 1HL
Telephone
01592 583118
Website
www.levenmouthacademy.org.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Fife
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
1003232
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from