Dysart Primary School, KIRKCALDY
Dysart Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kirkcaldy.
- Attendance
- 90.7%
Data last updated 1 Nov 2026
Dysart Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Dysart 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.
Dysart Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 115 pupils, an average class size of 23 and 12.2 pupils per teacher.
55% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 90.7% in 2024/25, and 32.8% 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 43% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Dysart Primary School are Sinclairtown Primary School (0.4 miles), Pathhead Primary School (0.9 miles), St Marie's R C Primary School (1.1 miles) and Kirkcaldy North Primary School (1.6 miles).
Sinclairtown Primary SchoolPathhead Primary SchoolSt Marie's R C Primary SchoolKirkcaldy North Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kirkcaldy Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (adjacent), 20 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Dysart Primary School are Viewforth High School (0.2 miles), St Andrew's R C High School (1 mile) and Kirkcaldy High School (1.7 miles).
Viewforth High SchoolSt Andrew's R C High SchoolKirkcaldy High School
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 Dysart Primary School in August 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Dysart Primary School
Nurseries
The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to Dysart Primary School, with their latest published grades:
- Dysart Primary School Nursery - Nursery, under 0.1 milesCare Inspectorate, 8 January 2025: Very good in 4 key questions
- Daisychain Nursery - Nursery, 0.4 milesCare Inspectorate, 18 May 2023: Good in 4 key questions
- Gallatown Nursery - Nursery, 0.5 milesCare Inspectorate, 9 June 2026: Very good in 4 key questions
- Pathhead Primary School Nursery - Nursery, 0.9 milesCare Inspectorate, 20 March 2023: Very good in 4 key questions
- Daisychain Nursery - Nursery, 0.9 milesCare Inspectorate, 16 October 2023: Good in 4 key questions
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Dysart Primary School
Questions parents ask about Dysart Primary School
When was Dysart Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Dysart Primary School in August 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good.
How many road collisions happen near Dysart Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 Dysart Primary School?
Dysart Primary School is at Normand Road, Dysart, KIRKCALDY, KIRKCALDY, KY1 2XW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)