Glenrothes High School, Glenrothes
Glenrothes High School is a secondary school for pupils in Glenrothes.
- Attendance
- 87.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Glenrothes High School in detail
School in Scotland
Glenrothes High 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 804 pupils and 11.4 pupils per teacher.
20% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 73% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
19% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 87.7% in 2024/25, and 39.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 85% full.
96% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 93% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Glenrothes High School are Glenwood High School (0.6 miles), Auchmuty High School (1.3 miles), Kirkcaldy High School (4.7 miles) and St Andrew's R C High School (4.8 miles).
Glenwood High SchoolAuchmuty High SchoolKirkcaldy High SchoolSt Andrew's R C High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Markinch Rail Station, about 2.3 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glenrothes High School (adjacent), 70 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Glenrothes High School are South Parks Primary School (0.2 miles), Southwood Primary School (0.4 miles), Rimbleton Primary School (0.5 miles) and St Paul's R C Primary School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Fife publishes both.
South Parks Primary SchoolSouthwood Primary SchoolRimbleton Primary SchoolSt Paul's R C Primary School
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 Glenrothes High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Glenrothes High School is a six-year non-denominational secondary school of approximately 860 pupils located in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. The school serves the western/central and northern precincts of Glenrothes drawing primarily from four feeder Primary Schools; Caskieberran, Pitcoudie, Rimbleton and South Parks schools.
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At a Glance
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
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Questions parents ask about Glenrothes High School
What is the catchment area for Glenrothes High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Glenrothes High 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 Glenrothes High School?
If you live in Glenrothes High 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 Glenrothes High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Glenrothes High School?
Glenrothes High School is at Napier Road, Glenrothes, Glenrothes, KY6 1HJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)