Aberdour Primary School, BURNTISLAND
Aberdour Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Burntisland.
- Attendance
- 95.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Aberdour Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Aberdour Primary School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
Aberdour Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 135 pupils, an average class size of 22.5 and 14.4 pupils per teacher.
7% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 95.7% in 2024/25, and 10.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 90% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Aberdour Primary School are Dalgety Bay Primary School (2.4 miles), Burntisland Primary School (2.5 miles), Donibristle Primary School (3 miles) and Auchtertool Primary School (3.5 miles).
Dalgety Bay Primary SchoolBurntisland Primary SchoolDonibristle Primary SchoolAuchtertool Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Aberdour Rail Station, about 100 metres away (roughly a 1-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Aberdour Primary School (adjacent), 40 metres away.
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Aberdour Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 0 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Fife is 2 (the median across 160 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Aberdour Primary School
What is the catchment area for Aberdour Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Aberdour Primary School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to Fife. Fife publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Aberdour Primary School?
If you live in Aberdour Primary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Fife will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Fife - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Aberdour Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 0 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Fife is 2 (the median across 160 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Aberdour Primary School?
Aberdour Primary School is at Hawkcraig Road, Aberdour, BURNTISLAND, BURNTISLAND, KY3 0UP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)