Cowdenbeath Primary School, Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Cowdenbeath.
- Attendance
- 89.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Cowdenbeath Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Cowdenbeath 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.
Cowdenbeath Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 137 pupils, an average class size of 22.8 and 14.3 pupils per teacher.
57% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 32% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 89.7% in 2024/25, and 36.6% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 51% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Cowdenbeath Primary School are St Bride's R C Primary School (0.4 miles), Foulford Primary School (0.8 miles), Lumphinnans Primary & Community School (0.8 miles) and Hill of Beath Primary School (1.2 miles).
St Bride's R C Primary SchoolFoulford Primary SchoolLumphinnans Primary & Community SchoolHill of Beath Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cowdenbeath Rail Station, about 490 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Fountain (adjacent), 80 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 Cowdenbeath Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Cowdenbeath Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 15
- Fatal
- 2
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 4 serious and 9 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
4 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 Cowdenbeath Primary School
What is the catchment area for Cowdenbeath Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Cowdenbeath 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 Cowdenbeath Primary School?
If you live in Cowdenbeath 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 Cowdenbeath Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 4 serious and 9 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 4 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 Cowdenbeath Primary School?
Cowdenbeath Primary School is at 45 Broad Street, Cowdenbeath, Cowdenbeath, KY4 8JP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)