Lynburn Primary School, Dunfermline
Lynburn Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dunfermline.
- Attendance
- 90.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lynburn Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Lynburn 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.
Lynburn Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 388 pupils, an average class size of 27.7 and 17.9 pupils per teacher.
44% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 44% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 12% speak English as an additional language.
38% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.4% in 2024/25, and 30.9% 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 85% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Lynburn Primary School are Canmore Primary School (0.4 miles), Touch Primary School (0.7 miles), Masterton Primary School (0.7 miles) and Pitreavie Primary School (0.9 miles).
Canmore Primary SchoolTouch Primary SchoolMasterton Primary SchoolPitreavie Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dunfermline Queen Margaret Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
24 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cleish Place (adjacent), 60 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 Lynburn 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Lynburn Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 3
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.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
3 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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Lynburn Primary School
Questions parents ask about Lynburn Primary School
When was Lynburn Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lynburn 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 Lynburn Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lynburn 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 Lynburn Primary School?
If you live in Lynburn 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 Lynburn Primary 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. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 3 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 Lynburn Primary School?
Lynburn Primary School is at Nith Street, Dunfermline, Dunfermline, KY11 4LU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)