Guardbridge Primary School, ST ANDREWS
Guardbridge Primary School is a primary school for pupils in St Andrews.
- Attendance
- 86.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Guardbridge Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Guardbridge 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 89 pupils, an average class size of 22.2 and 14.8 pupils per teacher.
25% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 66% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 86.6% in 2024/25, and 33.7% 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 71% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Guardbridge Primary School are Leuchars Primary School (1.2 miles), Balmullo Primary School (1.6 miles), Strathkinness Primary School (2.2 miles) and Dairsie Primary School (2.6 miles).
Leuchars Primary SchoolBalmullo Primary SchoolStrathkinness Primary SchoolDairsie Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Leuchars Rail Station, about 990 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Innerbridge Street (adjacent), 110 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Guardbridge Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 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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Questions parents ask about Guardbridge Primary School
What is the catchment area for Guardbridge Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Guardbridge 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 Guardbridge Primary School?
If you live in Guardbridge 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 Guardbridge Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 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 Guardbridge Primary School?
Guardbridge Primary School is at Innerbridge Street, Guardbridge, ST ANDREWS, ST ANDREWS, KY16 0UZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)