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Pitcoudie Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational282 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 meals25%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support44%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher15.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.6Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas23%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll282Census September 2025

Pitcoudie Primary School is a council school in Glenrothes for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 282 pupils. About 25 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Scotland.

20 Iona Park, Glenrothes, Glenrothes, KY7 6NU01592 583451fifedirect.org.uk/pitcoudiepsAll 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 Pitcoudie 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 roll282Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals25%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support44%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English10%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas23%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas16%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 3 (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.
30P1
42P2
34P3
42P4
43P5
52P6
39P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 31931920222023: 30730720232024: 29329320242025: 29329320252026: 2822822026
Since 2022: -37
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll282293293307319
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals25.3%22.5%25.3%22.7%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)44.0%27.0%33.1%18.9%25.7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language9.6%6.5%6.8%5.5%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio15.516.317.715.916.316.516.4
Average class sizeAverage class size25.626.624.425.626.6

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers18.2full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher15.5Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.6Scotland 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
Collydean Primary SchoolCouncil890 m298HMIE, no open dataCompare
South Parks Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles197HMIE, no open dataCompare
Warout Primary & Community SchoolCouncil1.0 miles190HMIE, no open dataCompare
Rimbleton Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles227HMIE, no open dataCompare
Southwood Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles195HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Paul's R C Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles257HMIE, no open dataCompare
Pitteuchar West Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles219HMIE, no open dataCompare
Caskieberran Primary SchoolCouncil1.5 miles227HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Pitcoudie Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Pitcoudie Primary School have?

282 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
20 Iona Park, Glenrothes, Glenrothes, KY7 6NU
Telephone
01592 583451
Website
www.fifedirect.org.uk/pitcoudieps
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
5408520
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from