Auchmuty High School, Glenrothes
Auchmuty High School is a secondary school for pupils in Glenrothes.
- Attendance
- 89.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Auchmuty High School in detail
School in Scotland
Auchmuty High 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 1332 pupils and 13.4 pupils per teacher.
20% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 54% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
15% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 12% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.8% in 2024/25, and 36.1% 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 good (A); the school was 103% full.
98% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Auchmuty High School are Glenrothes High School (1.3 miles), Glenwood High School (1.9 miles), St Andrew's R C High School (4.4 miles) and Kirkcaldy High School (4.4 miles).
Glenrothes High SchoolGlenwood High SchoolSt Andrew's R C High SchoolKirkcaldy High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Markinch Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Auchmuty High School (stance 2), 100 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Auchmuty High School are Carleton Primary School (0.4 miles), Warout Primary & Community School (0.5 miles), Pitteuchar West Primary School (0.7 miles) and Pitteuchar East Primary School (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Fife publishes both.
Carleton Primary SchoolWarout Primary & Community SchoolPitteuchar West Primary SchoolPitteuchar East Primary School
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 Auchmuty High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 13
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 9 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
2 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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Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
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Questions parents ask about Auchmuty High School
What is the catchment area for Auchmuty High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Auchmuty High 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 Auchmuty High School?
If you live in Auchmuty High 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 Auchmuty High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 9 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 2 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 Auchmuty High School?
Auchmuty High School is at Dovecot Road, Glenrothes, Glenrothes, KY7 5JL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)