Lawhead Primary School, St Andrews
Lawhead Primary School is a primary school for pupils in St Andrews.
- Attendance
- 94.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lawhead Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Lawhead 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.
Lawhead Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 213 pupils, an average class size of 26.6 and 18.8 pupils per teacher.
19% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 58% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 94.7% in 2024/25, and 12.6% 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 88% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Lawhead Primary School are Canongate Primary School (0.6 miles), Greyfriars RC Primary School (1.3 miles), Strathkinness Primary School (1.8 miles) and Guardbridge Primary School (3.4 miles).
Canongate Primary SchoolGreyfriars RC Primary SchoolStrathkinness Primary SchoolGuardbridge Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Leuchars Rail Station, about 3.8 miles away in a straight line.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lawhead Primary School (adjacent), 50 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 Lawhead Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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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 Lawhead Primary School
What is the catchment area for Lawhead Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lawhead 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 Lawhead Primary School?
If you live in Lawhead 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 Lawhead 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 Lawhead Primary School?
Lawhead Primary School is at Strathkinness Low Road, St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9NG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)