Freuchie Primary School, CUPAR
Freuchie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Cupar.
- Attendance
- 95.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Freuchie Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Freuchie 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.
Freuchie Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 84 pupils, an average class size of 21 and 14 pupils per teacher.
29% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 95.7% in 2024/25, and 7.5% 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 poor (C); the school was 84% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Freuchie Primary School are Falkland Primary School (1.6 miles), Kettle Primary School (1.8 miles), Ladybank Primary School (2.3 miles) and Collydean Primary School (2.5 miles).
Falkland Primary SchoolKettle Primary SchoolLadybank Primary SchoolCollydean Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Ladybank Rail Station, about 2.3 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is King Street (adjacent), 100 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 Freuchie Primary School in December 2021.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Freuchie Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- 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, 0 serious and 1 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 Freuchie Primary School
When was Freuchie Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Freuchie Primary School in December 2021.
What is the catchment area for Freuchie Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Freuchie 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 Freuchie Primary School?
If you live in Freuchie 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 Freuchie 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, 0 serious and 1 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 Freuchie Primary School?
Freuchie Primary School is at Lomond Road, Freuchie, CUPAR, CUPAR, KY15 7HF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)