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Valley Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncilNon-denominational261 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 meals47%P6 and above; Scotland 38%
Pupils getting extra support43%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher13.2Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.1Scotland 21.0
Pupils on roll261Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Valley Primary School is a council school in Kirkcaldy for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 261 pupils. About 47 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

Valley Gardens, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcaldy, KY2 6BL01592 583467fifedirect.org.uk/valleypsAll 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 Valley 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 roll261Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals47%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support43%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English14%First language is not English
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 2 (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.
32P1
32P2
36P3
37P4
43P5
39P6
42P7
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 27127120222023: 26626620232024: 26026020242025: 26226220252026: 2612612026
Since 2022: -10
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll261262260266271
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals46.9%39.5%54.2%47.8%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)42.5%49.6%13.1%11.3%11.8%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language14.2%19.1%15.0%13.5%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.213.013.512.511.011.712.9
Average class sizeAverage class size20.120.218.619.019.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers19.7full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.2Scotland 14.1
Average class size20.1Scotland 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
Fair Isle Primary SchoolCouncil920 m341HMIE, no open dataCompare
Kirkcaldy North Primary SchoolCouncil970 m148HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dunnikier Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles331HMIE, no open dataCompare
Strathallan Primary SchoolCouncil0.7 miles266HMIE, no open dataCompare
Torbain Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles477HMIE, no open dataCompare
Capshard Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles508HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Marie's R C Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles397HMIE, no open dataCompare
Pathhead Primary SchoolCouncil1.3 miles250HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Valley Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Valley Primary School have?

261 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
Valley Gardens, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcaldy, KY2 6BL
Telephone
01592 583467
Website
www.fifedirect.org.uk/valleyps
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
5404428
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from