Crossgates Primary School, COWDENBEATH
Crossgates Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Cowdenbeath.
- Attendance
- 94.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Crossgates Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Crossgates 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.
Crossgates Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 234 pupils, an average class size of 26 and 16 pupils per teacher.
33% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
3% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 27% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.2% in 2024/25, and 16.8% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 71% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Crossgates Primary School are Hill of Beath Primary School (1 mile), Carnegie Primary School (1 mile), Duloch Schools and Community Campus (1.8 miles) and Touch Primary School (1.8 miles).
Hill of Beath Primary SchoolCarnegie Primary SchoolDuloch Schools and Community CampusTouch Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dunfermline Queen Margaret Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (adjacent), 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 Crossgates Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 5 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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 Crossgates Primary School
What is the catchment area for Crossgates Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Crossgates 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 Crossgates Primary School?
If you live in Crossgates 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 Crossgates 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: none fatal, 5 serious and 5 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 Crossgates Primary School?
Crossgates Primary School is at 97 Dunfermline Road, Crossgates, COWDENBEATH, COWDENBEATH, KY4 8AR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)