Leslie Primary School, GLENROTHES
Leslie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glenrothes.
- Attendance
- 91.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Leslie Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Leslie 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 206 pupils, an average class size of 25.8 and 17.2 pupils per teacher.
30% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 63% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
38% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.7% in 2024/25, and 28% 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 71% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Leslie Primary School are Newcastle Primary & Community School (0.6 miles), Southwood Primary School (0.8 miles), Caskieberran Primary School (1.3 miles) and South Parks Primary School (1.4 miles).
Newcastle Primary & Community SchoolSouthwood Primary SchoolCaskieberran Primary SchoolSouth Parks Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Leslie Primary School.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wester Lea (adj 10), 150 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Leslie Primary School are Glenwood High School (0.6 miles) and Glenrothes High School (1.2 miles).
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 Leslie Primary School in May 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Leslie Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 0 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
0 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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Secondary Schools Nearby
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Leslie Primary School
Questions parents ask about Leslie Primary School
When was Leslie Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Leslie Primary School in May 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Leslie Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Leslie 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 Leslie Primary School?
If you live in Leslie 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 Leslie Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 0 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 0 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 Leslie Primary School?
Leslie Primary School is at 31 Rothes Park, Leslie, GLENROTHES, GLENROTHES, KY6 3LL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)