Newcastle Primary & Community School, Glenrothes
Newcastle Primary & Community School is a primary school for pupils in Glenrothes.
- Attendance
- 92.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Newcastle Primary & Community School in detail
School in Scotland
Newcastle 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 98 pupils, an average class size of 24.5 and 11.7 pupils per teacher.
22% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 92.2% in 2024/25, and 25.4% 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 good (A); the school was 45% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Newcastle Primary & Community School are Leslie Primary School (0.6 miles), Caskieberran Primary School (0.7 miles), Southwood Primary School (0.7 miles) and Rimbleton Primary School (1.1 miles).
Leslie Primary SchoolCaskieberran Primary SchoolSouthwood Primary SchoolRimbleton Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Glenrothes with Thornton Rail Station, about 3.3 miles away in a straight line.
9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ratho Close (opposite), 210 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Newcastle Primary & Community School are Glenwood High School (0.5 miles) and Glenrothes High School (1 mile).
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 Newcastle Primary & Community School in April 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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 Newcastle Primary & Community School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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 Newcastle Primary & Community School
When was Newcastle Primary & Community School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Newcastle Primary & Community School in April 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Newcastle Primary & Community School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Newcastle 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 Newcastle Primary & Community School?
If you live in Newcastle 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 Newcastle Primary & Community School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 Newcastle Primary & Community School?
Newcastle Primary & Community School is at Muirfield Drive, Glenrothes, Glenrothes, KY6 2PX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)