Calaiswood School, DUNFERMLINE
Calaiswood School is a special school for pupils in Dunfermline.
- Attendance
- 90.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Calaiswood School in detail
School in Scotland
Calaiswood 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.
Calaiswood School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 53 pupils and 3.7 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
13% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 19% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.7% in 2024/25, and 26.6% 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).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Calaiswood School are Pebbles Academy, Dunfermline (1.5 miles); Pupil Support Service - The Bridges Centre (2.5 miles); and Hillside school (3.6 miles).
Pebbles Academy, DunfermlinePupil Support Service - The Bridges CentreHillside school
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Rosyth Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Nithsdale Place (opposite), 60 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 Calaiswood 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
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
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.
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 Calaiswood School
What is the catchment area for Calaiswood School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Calaiswood 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 Calaiswood School?
If you live in Calaiswood 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 Calaiswood 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. 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 Calaiswood School?
Calaiswood School is at Duloch Schools and Community Campus, Duloch Park, DUNFERMLINE, DUNFERMLINE, KY11 8GN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)