Cairneyhill Primary & Community School, DUNFERMLINE
Cairneyhill Primary & Community School is a primary school for pupils in Dunfermline.
- Attendance
- 93.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Cairneyhill Primary & Community School in detail
School in Scotland
Cairneyhill Primary & Community 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.
Cairneyhill Primary & Community School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 227 pupils, an average class size of 20.6 and 14.6 pupils per teacher.
21% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 18% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 93.8% in 2024/25, and 18.7% 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 94% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Cairneyhill Primary & Community School are Crossford Primary School (1.2 miles), Torryburn Primary School (1.6 miles), Carnock Primary School (1.7 miles) and Holy Name RC Primary School (2.1 miles).
Crossford Primary SchoolTorryburn Primary SchoolCarnock Primary SchoolHoly Name RC Primary School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Bo’ness (Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway), about 3.9 miles away in a straight line.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brandy Riggs (opposite), 120 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 Cairneyhill Primary & Community School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Cairneyhill Primary & Community School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people 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 Cairneyhill Primary & Community School
What is the catchment area for Cairneyhill Primary & Community School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Cairneyhill Primary & Community 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 Cairneyhill Primary & Community School?
If you live in Cairneyhill Primary & Community 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 Cairneyhill Primary & Community 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, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people 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 Cairneyhill Primary & Community School?
Cairneyhill Primary & Community School is at Northbank Road, Cairneyhill, DUNFERMLINE, DUNFERMLINE, KY12 8RN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)