Bell Baxter High School, Cupar
Bell Baxter High School is a secondary school for pupils in Cupar.
- Attendance
- 88.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Bell Baxter High School in detail
School in Scotland
Bell Baxter 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 1455 pupils and 13.8 pupils per teacher.
14% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 41% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 14% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 88.8% in 2024/25, and 35.5% 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 86% full.
95% 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.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cupar Rail Station, about 1110 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
33 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is West Park Road (opposite), 100 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Bell Baxter High School are St Columba's R C Primary School (0.3 miles) and Castlehill Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Fife publishes both.
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 Bell Baxter High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Bell Baxter High School is a non-denominational comprehensive school for 11 to 18 year olds in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. Founded in 1889, it educates over 1,500 pupils mainly from the surrounding villages.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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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Questions parents ask about Bell Baxter High School
What is the catchment area for Bell Baxter High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bell Baxter 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 Bell Baxter High School?
If you live in Bell Baxter 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 Bell Baxter High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Bell Baxter High School?
Bell Baxter High School is at Carslogie Road, Cupar, Cupar, KY15 4HY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)