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South Parks Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational197 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 meals32%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support23%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher15.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.6Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas16%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll197Census September 2025

South Parks Primary School is a council school in Glenrothes for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 197 pupils. About 32 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.

Napier Road, Glenrothes, Glenrothes, KY6 1DS01592 583456fifedirect.org.uk/southparkspsAll 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 South Parks 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 roll197Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals32%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support23%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English4%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas16%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 7 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to P7 are about the same size.
27P1
32P2
34P3
25P4
19P5
37P6
23P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 21521520222023: 20520520232024: 20320320242025: 19819820252026: 1971972026
Since 2022: -18
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll197198203205215
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals31.7%33.3%34.8%17.6%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)23.4%26.8%24.6%16.6%15.3%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language4.1%6.6%5.9%8.8%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio15.013.214.315.114.811.815.7
Average class sizeAverage class size24.624.825.425.623.9

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers13.1full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher15.0Scotland 14.1
Average class size24.6Scotland 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
Rimbleton Primary SchoolCouncil620 m227HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Paul's R C Primary SchoolCouncil830 m257HMIE, no open dataCompare
Southwood Primary SchoolCouncil1000 m195HMIE, no open dataCompare
Warout Primary & Community SchoolCouncil0.6 miles190HMIE, no open dataCompare
Pitcoudie Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles282HMIE, no open dataCompare
Caskieberran Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles227HMIE, no open dataCompare
Pitteuchar West Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles219HMIE, no open dataCompare
Collydean Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles298HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is South Parks Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does South Parks Primary School have?

197 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
Napier Road, Glenrothes, Glenrothes, KY6 1DS
Telephone
01592 583456
Website
www.fifedirect.org.uk/southparksps
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
5402425
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from