McLean Primary School, Dunfermline
McLean Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dunfermline.
- Attendance
- 93.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
McLean Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
McLean 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.
McLean Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 349 pupils, an average class size of 26.8 and 16.6 pupils per teacher.
20% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 30% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
21% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 19% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.2% in 2024/25, and 20.3% 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 95% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to McLean Primary School are Pittencrieff Primary School (0.3 miles), Milesmark Primary School (0.5 miles), St Margaret's R C Primary School (1.2 miles) and Commercial Primary School (1.2 miles).
Pittencrieff Primary SchoolMilesmark Primary SchoolSt Margaret's R C Primary SchoolCommercial Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dunfermline City Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is McLean Primary School (adjacent), 20 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to McLean Primary School are Queen Anne High School (0.5 miles) and Dunfermline 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find McLean Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
McLean Primary School is located in the centre of Dunfermline, Fife. The head teacher is Gillian Souter Pupils from the school progress onto Queen Anne High School.
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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)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
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, 2 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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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Questions parents ask about McLean Primary School
What is the catchment area for McLean Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and McLean 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 McLean Primary School?
If you live in McLean 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 McLean 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, 2 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 McLean Primary School?
McLean Primary School is at Baldridgeburn, Dunfermline, Dunfermline, KY12 9EE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)