Blairhall Primary School, DUNFERMLINE
Blairhall Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dunfermline.
- Attendance
- 90.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Blairhall Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Blairhall 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.
Blairhall Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 64 pupils, an average class size of 21.3 and 11.9 pupils per teacher.
19% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.7% in 2024/25, and 37.9% 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 51% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Blairhall Primary School are Inzievar Primary School (1.3 miles), Holy Name RC Primary School (1.3 miles), Saline Primary School (1.8 miles) and St Serf's R C Primary School (2 miles).
Inzievar Primary SchoolHoly Name RC Primary SchoolSaline Primary SchoolSt Serf's R C Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Blairhall Primary School.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woodlands Terrace (adjacent), 70 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 Blairhall 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
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were 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 Blairhall Primary School
What is the catchment area for Blairhall Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Blairhall 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 Blairhall Primary School?
If you live in Blairhall 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 Blairhall 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: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were 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 Blairhall Primary School?
Blairhall Primary School is at Rintoul Avenue, Blairhall, DUNFERMLINE, DUNFERMLINE, KY12 9HG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)