Pitteuchar West Primary School, Glenrothes
Pitteuchar West Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Glenrothes.
- Attendance
- 92.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Pitteuchar West Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Pitteuchar West 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.
Pitteuchar West Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 219 pupils, an average class size of 24.3 and 15.2 pupils per teacher.
19% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 40% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
9% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 17% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.2% in 2024/25, and 27.1% 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 75% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Pitteuchar West Primary School are Pitteuchar East Primary School (0.4 miles), Warout Primary & Community School (0.4 miles), St Paul's R C Primary School (0.6 miles) and Rimbleton Primary School (0.7 miles).
Pitteuchar East Primary SchoolWarout Primary & Community SchoolSt Paul's R C Primary SchoolRimbleton Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Markinch Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kinkell Avenue (adjacent), 100 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Pitteuchar West Primary School are Auchmuty High School (0.7 miles), Glenrothes High School (1.1 miles) and Glenwood High School (1.6 miles).
Auchmuty High SchoolGlenrothes High SchoolGlenwood High School
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 Pitteuchar West Primary School in June 2026.
- 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 Pitteuchar West Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
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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Pitteuchar West Primary School
Questions parents ask about Pitteuchar West Primary School
When was Pitteuchar West Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Pitteuchar West Primary School in June 2026. 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 Pitteuchar West Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Pitteuchar West 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 Pitteuchar West Primary School?
If you live in Pitteuchar West 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 Pitteuchar West Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 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 Pitteuchar West Primary School?
Pitteuchar West Primary School is at Inveraray Avenue, Glenrothes, Glenrothes, KY7 4QL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)