Fair Isle Primary School, Kirkcaldy
Fair Isle Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kirkcaldy.
- Attendance
- 90.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Fair Isle Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Fair Isle 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 341 pupils, an average class size of 26.2 and 15.9 pupils per teacher.
54% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 19% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 90.5% in 2024/25, and 34.8% 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 good (A); the school was 79% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Fair Isle Primary School are Torbain Primary School (0.4 miles), Valley Primary School (0.6 miles), Capshard Primary School (0.7 miles) and Strathallan Primary School (1 mile).
Torbain Primary SchoolValley Primary SchoolCapshard Primary SchoolStrathallan Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kirkcaldy Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
22 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Kilda Crescent (opposite), 40 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Fair Isle Primary School are Kirkcaldy High School (0.8 miles) and St Andrew's R C High School (1.5 miles).
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 Fair Isle Primary School in September 2025.
- 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
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 4 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 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 Fair Isle Primary School
When was Fair Isle Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Fair Isle Primary School in September 2025. 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 Fair Isle Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Fair Isle 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 Fair Isle Primary School?
If you live in Fair Isle 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 Fair Isle Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 4 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 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 Fair Isle Primary School?
Fair Isle Primary School is at Fair Isle Road, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcaldy, KY2 6EG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)