Lochgelly High School, Lochgelly
Lochgelly High School is a secondary school for pupils in Lochgelly.
- Attendance
- 84.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lochgelly High School in detail
School in Scotland
Lochgelly 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 777 pupils and 10.3 pupils per teacher.
30% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 66% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 84.8% in 2024/25, and 46.4% 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 69% full.
95% of pupils who left in 2023/24 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.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Lochgelly Rail Station, about 370 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (at), 50 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Lochgelly High School are St Patrick's R C Primary School (0.4 miles), Lochgelly West Primary School (0.8 miles), Lochgelly South Primary School (1 mile) and Benarty Primary School (1.5 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Fife publishes both.
St Patrick's R C Primary SchoolLochgelly West Primary SchoolLochgelly South Primary SchoolBenarty 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Lochgelly High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Lochgelly High School is a non-denominational secondary school located in Lochgelly, Fife. The school's catchment area covers Lochgelly and the surrounding towns and villages of Ballingry, Cardenden, Crosshill, Glencraig and Lochore.
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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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Getting There
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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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Lochgelly High School
What is the catchment area for Lochgelly High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lochgelly 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 Lochgelly High School?
If you live in Lochgelly 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 Lochgelly High 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 Lochgelly High School?
Lochgelly High School is at Station Road, Lochgelly, Lochgelly, KY5 8LZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)