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Pittenweem Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational94 pupilsAnstrutherFife
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 per teacher14.7Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.5Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll94Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Pittenweem Primary School is a council school in Anstruther for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 94 pupils. About 36 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

James Street, Pittenweem, ANSTRUTHER, Anstruther, KY10 2QN01334 659435fifedirect.org.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&FacId=9D7568E2-DF0C-4EE8-AA9E342B774FFCBEAll 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 Pittenweem 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 roll94Census September 2025
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
The youngest year is bigger than P7, so the roll is likely to grow.
16P1
7P2
14P3
15P4
14P5
16P6
12P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 737320222023: 888820232024: 888820242025: 919120252026: 94942026
Since 2022: +21
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll9491888873
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals25.8%29.6%36.4%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)5.7%12.3%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio14.711.710.510.114.011.816.9
Average class sizeAverage class size23.522.822.017.624.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers6.4full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher14.7Scotland 14.1
Average class size23.5Scotland 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
Anstruther Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles257HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Monans Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles71HMIE, no open dataCompare
Elie Primary SchoolCouncil3.9 miles13HMIE, no open dataCompare
Colinsburgh Primary SchoolCouncil4.5 miles31HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Pittenweem Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Pittenweem Primary School have?

94 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
James Street, Pittenweem, ANSTRUTHER, Anstruther, KY10 2QN
Telephone
01334 659435
Website
www.fifedirect.org.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&FacId=9D7568E2-DF0C-4EE8-AA9E342B774FFCBE
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
5424720
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from