Kingsbarns Primary School, ST ANDREWS
Kingsbarns Primary School is a primary school for pupils in St Andrews.
- Attendance
- 94.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kingsbarns Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Kingsbarns 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.
Kingsbarns Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 37 pupils, an average class size of 18.5 and 10.6 pupils per teacher.
30% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 94.5% in 2024/25, and 11.1% 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 74% full.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Kingsbarns Primary School.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Square (opposite), 70 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 Kingsbarns Primary School in August 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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 Kingsbarns Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
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 Kingsbarns Primary School
When was Kingsbarns Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kingsbarns Primary School in August 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Kingsbarns Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kingsbarns 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 Kingsbarns Primary School?
If you live in Kingsbarns 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 Kingsbarns Primary School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Fife is 2 (the median across 160 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Kingsbarns Primary School?
Kingsbarns Primary School is at 8 Main Street, Kingsbarns, ST ANDREWS, ST ANDREWS, KY16 8SZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)