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Sinclairtown Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational334 pupilsKirkcaldyFife
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 meals30%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support34%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher17.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size27.8Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas55%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll334Census September 2025

Sinclairtown Primary School is a council school in Kirkcaldy for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 334 pupils. About 30 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.

Roomlin Gardens, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcaldy, KY1 3BJ01592 583455fifedirect.org.uk/sinclairtownpsAll 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 Sinclairtown 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 roll334Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals30%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support34%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English9%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas55%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas3%Scotland 15%
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
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
53P1
48P2
37P3
50P4
48P5
49P6
49P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 32632620222023: 32332320232024: 31831820242025: 31931920252026: 3343342026
Since 2022: +8
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll334319318323326
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals29.6%20.2%19.5%26.6%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)34.1%32.0%28.9%16.7%19.6%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language9.3%3.8%3.8%4.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio17.017.515.417.818.017.018.5
Average class sizeAverage class size27.826.626.526.927.2

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers19.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher17.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size27.8Scotland 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
Dysart Primary SchoolCouncil680 m115HMIE, no open dataCompare
Pathhead Primary SchoolCouncil790 m250HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Marie's R C Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles397HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kirkcaldy North Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles148HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dunnikier Primary SchoolCouncil1.4 miles331HMIE, no open dataCompare
Valley Primary SchoolCouncil1.7 miles261HMIE, no open dataCompare
Capshard Primary SchoolCouncil1.9 miles508HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kirkcaldy West Primary SchoolCouncil2.0 miles378HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Sinclairtown Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Sinclairtown Primary School have?

334 pupils aged 4 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
Roomlin Gardens, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcaldy, KY1 3BJ
Telephone
01592 583455
Website
www.fifedirect.org.uk/sinclairtownps
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Fife
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5404126
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from