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Pitreavie Primary School, Dunfermline

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Pitreavie Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dunfermline.

Attendance
93%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Pitreavie Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

Pitreavie 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.

Pitreavie Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 303 pupils, an average class size of 21.6 and 14.7 pupils per teacher.

21% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.

4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 48% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 93% in 2024/25, and 20.1% 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 140% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Pitreavie Primary School are St Leonard's Primary School (0.7 miles), Canmore Primary School (0.8 miles), Commercial Primary School (0.8 miles) and St Margaret's R C Primary School (0.8 miles).

St Leonard's Primary SchoolCanmore Primary SchoolCommercial Primary SchoolSt Margaret's R C Primary School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Dunfermline City Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pitreavie Primary School (at), 60 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Fife
Phone:01383 602428
Address:Pitcorthie Drive, Dunfermline, Dunfermline, KY11 8AB
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Pitreavie Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.

URN:5442524

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Pitreavie Primary School (at)
57m · 1 min walk
Larch Grove (adj)
130m · 2 min walk
Laburnum Road (Eastbound)
136m · 2 min walk
Glen Isla Grove (Opp)
200m · 3 min walk
Cypress Grove (adj)
246m · 4 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
3
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Children hurt
1

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 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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Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Pitreavie Primary School

What is the catchment area for Pitreavie Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Pitreavie 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 Pitreavie Primary School?

If you live in Pitreavie 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 Pitreavie Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 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 Pitreavie Primary School?

Pitreavie Primary School is at Pitcorthie Drive, Dunfermline, Dunfermline, KY11 8AB.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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