Crail Primary School, ANSTRUTHER
Crail Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Anstruther.
- Attendance
- 90%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Crail Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Crail 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.
Crail Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 71 pupils, an average class size of 23.7 and 18.2 pupils per teacher.
15% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90% in 2024/25, and 32.6% 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 poor (C); the school was 57% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Crail Primary School are Kingsbarns Primary School (2.8 miles), Anstruther Primary School (3.8 miles) and Pittenweem Primary School (5 miles).
Kingsbarns Primary SchoolAnstruther Primary SchoolPittenweem Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Crail Primary School.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bowling Green Place (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 Crail Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Crail Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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 Crail Primary School
What is the catchment area for Crail Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Crail 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 Crail Primary School?
If you live in Crail 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 Crail Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Fife is 2 (the median across 160 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Crail Primary School?
Crail Primary School is at Backdykes, Crail, ANSTRUTHER, ANSTRUTHER, KY10 3UW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)