Bellyeoman Primary School, Dunfermline
Bellyeoman Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dunfermline.
- Attendance
- 92.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Bellyeoman Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Bellyeoman 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.
Bellyeoman Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 184 pupils, an average class size of 26.3 and 16.4 pupils per teacher.
29% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 10% speak English as an additional language.
26% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.3% in 2024/25, and 28.5% 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 72% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Bellyeoman Primary School are Townhill Primary School (0.7 miles), St Margaret's R C Primary School (0.7 miles), Commercial Primary School (0.7 miles) and Touch Primary School (0.8 miles).
Townhill Primary SchoolSt Margaret's R C Primary SchoolCommercial Primary SchoolTouch Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dunfermline Queen Margaret Rail Station, about 1090 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bellyeoman Primary School (adjacent), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Bellyeoman Primary School are Queen Anne High School (0.9 miles) and Dunfermline High School (1.3 miles).
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 Bellyeoman Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 1 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle.
3 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 Bellyeoman Primary School
What is the catchment area for Bellyeoman Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bellyeoman 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 Bellyeoman Primary School?
If you live in Bellyeoman 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 Bellyeoman Primary 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, 1 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on a bicycle. 3 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 Bellyeoman Primary School?
Bellyeoman Primary School is at 149 Robertson Road, Dunfermline, Dunfermline, KY12 0XP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)