Pupil Support Service - Central Area, GLENROTHES
Pupil Support Service - Central Area is a special school for pupils in Glenrothes.
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Pupil Support Service - Central Area in detail
School in Scotland
Pupil Support Service - Central Area 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.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Pupil Support Service - Central Area are John Fergus School (0.2 miles); Rosslyn School (4.7 miles); and Falkland House School, Fife and Perthshire Campus (5.2 miles).
John Fergus SchoolRosslyn SchoolFalkland House School, Fife and Perthshire Campus
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Markinch Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Pauls Primary School Bus Bay (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 Pupil Support Service - Central Area's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Pupil Support Service - Central Area
What is the catchment area for Pupil Support Service - Central Area?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Pupil Support Service - Central Area 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 Pupil Support Service - Central Area?
If you live in Pupil Support Service - Central Area'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 Pupil Support Service - Central Area?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Pupil Support Service - Central Area?
Pupil Support Service - Central Area is at Rimbleton House, Rimbleton Park, GLENROTHES, GLENROTHES, KY6 2BZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)