Camdean Primary School, DUNFERMLINE
Camdean Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dunfermline.
- Attendance
- 92.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Camdean Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Camdean 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.
Camdean Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 243 pupils, an average class size of 27 and 16.9 pupils per teacher.
22% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 60% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 10% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 92.7% in 2024/25, and 22.9% 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 66% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Camdean Primary School are King's Road Primary School (0.1 miles), St John's R C Primary School (0.4 miles), Park Road Primary School (0.8 miles) and Pitreavie Primary School (1.4 miles).
King's Road Primary SchoolSt John's R C Primary SchoolPark Road Primary SchoolPitreavie Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Rosyth Rail Station, about 660 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Albert Street (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 Camdean 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
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 6 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Camdean Primary School
What is the catchment area for Camdean Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Camdean 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 Camdean Primary School?
If you live in Camdean 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 Camdean Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 6 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Camdean Primary School?
Camdean Primary School is at King's Road, Rosyth, DUNFERMLINE, DUNFERMLINE, KY11 2RY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)