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St Margaret's R C Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilRoman Catholic356 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 meals14%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support34%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher17.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size27.4Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas17%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll356Census September 2025

St Margaret's R C Primary School is a council school in Dunfermline for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 356 pupils. About 14 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Woodmill Road, Dunfermline, Dunfermline, KY11 4BB01383 602435fifedirect.org.uk/stmargaretsrcpsAll 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 St Margaret's R C 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 roll356Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals14%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support34%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English11%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas17%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas36%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 10 (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.
47P1
50P2
50P3
48P4
48P5
48P6
65P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 34934920222023: 35135120232024: 35635620242025: 36636620252026: 3563562026
Since 2022: +7
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll356366356351349
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals14.2%9.7%12.3%10.5%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)34.3%26.2%30.3%30.8%32.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language11.2%12.0%14.9%13.1%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio17.916.619.215.515.915.921.1
Average class sizeAverage class size27.428.227.427.026.8

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers19.9full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher17.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size27.4Scotland 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
Commercial Primary SchoolCouncil0 m357HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Leonard's Primary SchoolCouncil810 m128HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bellyeoman Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles184HMIE, no open dataCompare
Pitreavie Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles303HMIE, no open dataCompare
Touch Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles218HMIE, no open dataCompare
Lynburn Primary SchoolCouncil1.0 miles388HMIE, no open dataCompare
Pittencrieff Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles163HMIE, no open dataCompare
McLean Primary SchoolCouncil1.2 miles349HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Margaret's R C Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does St Margaret's R C Primary School have?

356 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
Woodmill Road, Dunfermline, Dunfermline, KY11 4BB
Telephone
01383 602435
Website
www.fifedirect.org.uk/stmargaretsrcps
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Fife
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5442729
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from