Methilhill Primary & Community School, LEVEN
Methilhill Primary & Community School is a primary school for pupils in Leven.
- Attendance
- 86.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Methilhill Primary & Community School in detail
School in Scotland
Methilhill Primary & Community 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 308 pupils, an average class size of 25.7 and 17.3 pupils per teacher.
61% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 72% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
84% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 86.9% in 2024/25, and 45.9% 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 67% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Methilhill Primary & Community School are Denbeath Primary School (0.8 miles), Balcurvie Primary School (0.8 miles), Aberhill Primary School (1 mile) and Buckhaven Primary School (1.1 miles).
Denbeath Primary SchoolBalcurvie Primary SchoolAberhill Primary SchoolBuckhaven Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cameron Bridge Rail Station, about 740 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).
23 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School Road (adjacent), 120 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 Methilhill Primary & Community School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 1 serious and 6 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
2 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 Methilhill Primary & Community School
What is the catchment area for Methilhill Primary & Community School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Methilhill Primary & Community 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 Methilhill Primary & Community School?
If you live in Methilhill Primary & Community 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 Methilhill Primary & Community 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, 1 serious and 6 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 2 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 Methilhill Primary & Community School?
Methilhill Primary & Community School is at Sea Road, Methilhill, LEVEN, LEVEN, KY8 2JW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)