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St Paul's R C Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCouncilRoman Catholic257 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 meals42%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support42%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher18.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.7Scotland 21.0
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas40%Scotland 15%
Pupils on roll257Census September 2025

St Paul's R C Primary School is a council school in Glenrothes for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 257 pupils. About 42 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Caskieberran Drive, Glenrothes, Glenrothes, KY6 2AT01592 583462fifedirect.org.uk/stpaulsrcpsAll 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 Paul'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 roll257Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals42%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support42%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English21%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas40%Scotland 15%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas7%Scotland 15%
NeighbourhoodBelow-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 3 (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.
31P1
33P2
46P3
32P4
38P5
37P6
40P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 19219220222023: 19619620232024: 23623620242025: 25225220252026: 2572572026
Since 2022: +65
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll257252236196192
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals41.6%26.8%22.8%16.4%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)42.0%37.3%41.5%34.7%35.9%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language20.6%12.7%11.9%8.2%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio18.918.817.616.814.814.918.1
Average class sizeAverage class size25.725.226.224.524.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers13.6full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher18.9Scotland 14.1
Average class size25.7Scotland 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 SchoolCouncil230 m227HMIE, no open dataCompare
Caskieberran Primary SchoolCouncil770 m227HMIE, no open dataCompare
South Parks Primary SchoolCouncil830 m197HMIE, no open dataCompare
Warout Primary & Community SchoolCouncil880 m190HMIE, no open dataCompare
Pitteuchar West Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles219HMIE, no open dataCompare
Southwood Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles195HMIE, no open dataCompare
Pitteuchar East Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles241HMIE, no open dataCompare
Newcastle Primary & Community SchoolCouncil1.2 miles98HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

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

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

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

257 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
Caskieberran Drive, Glenrothes, Glenrothes, KY6 2AT
Telephone
01592 583462
Website
www.fifedirect.org.uk/stpaulsrcps
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Fife
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5402328
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from