Donibristle Primary School, DUNFERMLINE
Donibristle Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dunfermline.
- Attendance
- 95.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Donibristle Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Donibristle 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.
Donibristle Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 325 pupils, an average class size of 27.1 and 15.6 pupils per teacher.
24% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 95.4% in 2024/25, and 10.1% 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 75% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Donibristle Primary School are Dalgety Bay Primary School (0.6 miles), Inverkeithing Primary School (1.1 miles), North Queensferry Primary School (1.9 miles) and Park Road Primary School (2 miles).
Dalgety Bay Primary SchoolInverkeithing Primary SchoolNorth Queensferry Primary SchoolPark Road Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dalgety Bay Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Donibristle Primary School (at), 90 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 Donibristle Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 Donibristle Primary School
What is the catchment area for Donibristle Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Donibristle 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 Donibristle Primary School?
If you live in Donibristle 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 Donibristle Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Donibristle Primary School?
Donibristle Primary School is at Morlich Road, Dalgety Bay, DUNFERMLINE, DUNFERMLINE, KY11 9UE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)