Carleton Primary School, Glenrothes
Carleton Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glenrothes.
- Attendance
- 92.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Carleton Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Carleton 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 337 pupils, an average class size of 28.1 and 19.3 pupils per teacher.
30% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 12% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
5% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 9% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.1% in 2024/25, and 23.8% 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); the school was 78% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Carleton Primary School are Pitteuchar East Primary School (0.7 miles), Pitteuchar West Primary School (0.8 miles), Warout Primary & Community School (0.8 miles) and Markinch Primary School (0.9 miles).
Pitteuchar East Primary SchoolPitteuchar West Primary SchoolWarout Primary & Community SchoolMarkinch Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Markinch Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
26 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Carleton Primary School (opposite), 40 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Carleton Primary School are Auchmuty High School (0.4 miles) and Glenrothes High School (1.7 miles).
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Carleton Primary School in December 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changeweak
- 2.3 Learning, teaching, and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality, and inclusionweak
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Carleton Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
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.
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.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Carleton Primary School
Questions parents ask about Carleton Primary School
When was Carleton Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Carleton Primary School in December 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as weak; learning, teaching, and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality, and inclusion as weak and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Carleton Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Carleton 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 Carleton Primary School?
If you live in Carleton 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 Carleton 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. 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 Carleton Primary School?
Carleton Primary School is at Happer Crescent, Glenrothes, Glenrothes, KY7 5DN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)