Dairsie Primary School, CUPAR
Dairsie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Cupar.
- Attendance
- 94.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Dairsie Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Dairsie 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 30 pupils, an average class size of 15 and 8.3 pupils per teacher.
0% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 17% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 94.1% in 2024/25.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 40% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Dairsie Primary School are Balmullo Primary School (2.5 miles), Guardbridge Primary School (2.6 miles), Strathkinness Primary School (3 miles) and Castlehill Primary School (3.2 miles).
Balmullo Primary SchoolGuardbridge Primary SchoolStrathkinness Primary SchoolCastlehill Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Leuchars Rail Station, about 3 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pitcairn Park (adjacent), 30 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dairsie Primary School in March 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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 Dairsie Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 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.
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Questions parents ask about Dairsie Primary School
When was Dairsie Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dairsie Primary School in March 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Dairsie Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Dairsie 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 Dairsie Primary School?
If you live in Dairsie 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 Dairsie Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 0 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 Dairsie Primary School?
Dairsie Primary School is at Main Street, Dairsie, CUPAR, CUPAR, KY15 4SS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)