Dunnikier Primary School, Kirkcaldy

Dunnikier 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.

Dunnikier Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 331 pupils, an average class size of 27.6 and 16.6 pupils per teacher.

26% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 37% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 18% speak English as an additional language.

12% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 91.8% in 2024/25, and 26.3% 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 76% full.

The nearest other state primary schools to Dunnikier Primary School are Kirkcaldy North Primary School (0.3 miles), Valley Primary School (0.7 miles), Kirkcaldy West Primary School (0.8 miles) and Strathallan Primary School (1 mile).

The nearest railway station is Kirkcaldy Rail Station, about 290 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

24 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rosebery Court (adjacent), 40 metres away.

The secondary schools closest to Dunnikier Primary School are Kirkcaldy High School (1.1 miles), Balwearie High School (1.2 miles), St Andrew's R C High School (1.2 miles) and Viewforth High School (1.6 miles).