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Pittencrieff Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational163 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 registered for free school meals19%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support29%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher15.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.3Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll163Census September 2025

Pittencrieff Primary School is a council school in Dunfermline for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 163 pupils. About 19 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

Dewar Street, Dunfermline, Dunfermline, KY12 8AB01383 602429fifedirect.org.uk/pittencrieffpsAll 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 Pittencrieff 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 roll163Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals19%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support29%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English20%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas12%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAverage income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 5 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
22P1
18P2
23P3
23P4
24P5
30P6
23P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 18018020222023: 18518520232024: 17017020242025: 16616620252026: 1631632026
Since 2022: -17
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll163166170185180
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals18.9%17.6%16.7%14.5%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)28.8%31.9%25.9%30.3%36.1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language19.6%17.5%13.5%13.5%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio15.114.614.815.214.116.416.8
Average class sizeAverage class size23.323.724.326.425.7

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers10.8full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher15.1Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.3Scotland 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
McLean Primary SchoolCouncil470 m349HMIE, no open dataCompare
Milesmark Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles91HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Leonard's Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles128HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Margaret's R C Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles356HMIE, no open dataCompare
Commercial Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles357HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bellyeoman Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles184HMIE, no open dataCompare
Crossford Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles171HMIE, no open dataCompare
Pitreavie Primary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles303HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Pittencrieff Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Pittencrieff Primary School have?

163 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
Dewar Street, Dunfermline, Dunfermline, KY12 8AB
Telephone
01383 602429
Website
www.fifedirect.org.uk/pittencrieffps
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
5442621
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from