Kirkcaldy High School, Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy High School is a secondary school for pupils in Kirkcaldy.
- Attendance
- 87%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kirkcaldy High School in detail
School in Scotland
Kirkcaldy 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 1423 pupils and 12.3 pupils per teacher.
23% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 62% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
23% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 27% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 87% in 2024/25, and 42.4% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 82% full.
94% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 94% 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 Kirkcaldy High School are St Andrew's R C High School (0.7 miles), Viewforth High School (1.5 miles), Balwearie High School (2.2 miles) and Auchmuty High School (4.4 miles).
St Andrew's R C High SchoolViewforth High SchoolBalwearie High SchoolAuchmuty High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kirkcaldy Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kirkcaldy High School (adjacent), 90 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Kirkcaldy High School are St Marie's R C Primary School (0.6 miles), Capshard Primary School (0.7 miles), Valley Primary School (0.7 miles) and Fair Isle Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Fife publishes both.
St Marie's R C Primary SchoolCapshard Primary SchoolValley Primary SchoolFair Isle 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kirkcaldy High School in February 2026.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementweak
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Kirkcaldy High School is a 6-year co-educational comprehensive state school in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
2 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 Kirkcaldy High School
When was Kirkcaldy High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kirkcaldy High School in February 2026. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as weak, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Kirkcaldy High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kirkcaldy 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 Kirkcaldy High School?
If you live in Kirkcaldy 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 Kirkcaldy High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 2 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 Kirkcaldy High School?
Kirkcaldy High School is at Dunnikier Way, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcaldy, KY1 3LR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)