Beath High School, Cowdenbeath
Beath High School is a secondary school for pupils in Cowdenbeath.
- Attendance
- 88.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Beath High School in detail
School in Scotland
Beath 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 1316 pupils and 12.1 pupils per teacher.
25% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 45% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 1% speak English as an additional language.
28% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 13% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 88.2% in 2024/25, and 40.8% 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 100% full.
96% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% 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 Beath High School are Lochgelly High School (2.3 miles), Queen Anne High School (4.6 miles) and Dunfermline High School (5.1 miles).
Lochgelly High SchoolQueen Anne High SchoolDunfermline High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cowdenbeath Rail Station, about 950 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beath High School (at), 120 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Beath High School are Foulford Primary School (0.2 miles), St Bride's R C Primary School (0.5 miles), Cowdenbeath Primary School (0.7 miles) and Lumphinnans Primary & Community School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Fife publishes both.
Foulford Primary SchoolSt Bride's R C Primary SchoolCowdenbeath Primary SchoolLumphinnans Primary & Community 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 Beath High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Beath High School is a non-denomational state secondary school in Cowdenbeath, Fife. The school is run by Fife Council and the current roll stands at around 1400 pupils aged from 11 to 18.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 0 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Beath High School
What is the catchment area for Beath High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Beath 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 Beath High School?
If you live in Beath 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 Beath High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 0 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 Beath High School?
Beath High School is at Foulford Road, Cowdenbeath, Cowdenbeath, KY4 9BH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)