Sinclairtown Primary School, Kirkcaldy
Sinclairtown Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Kirkcaldy.
- Attendance
- 90.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Sinclairtown Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Sinclairtown 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 334 pupils, an average class size of 27.8 and 17 pupils per teacher.
30% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
55% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.9% in 2024/25, and 34.4% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 96% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Sinclairtown Primary School are Dysart Primary School (0.4 miles), Pathhead Primary School (0.5 miles), St Marie's R C Primary School (0.7 miles) and Kirkcaldy North Primary School (1.2 miles).
Dysart Primary SchoolPathhead Primary SchoolSt Marie's R C Primary SchoolKirkcaldy North Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kirkcaldy Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Viewforth High School (adj 55), 130 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Sinclairtown Primary School are Viewforth High School (0.3 miles), St Andrew's R C High School (0.7 miles) and Kirkcaldy High School (1.3 miles).
Viewforth High SchoolSt Andrew's R C High SchoolKirkcaldy 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Sinclairtown Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 10 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 Sinclairtown Primary School
What is the catchment area for Sinclairtown Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Sinclairtown 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 Sinclairtown Primary School?
If you live in Sinclairtown 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 Sinclairtown Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 10 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 Sinclairtown Primary School?
Sinclairtown Primary School is at Roomlin Gardens, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcaldy, KY1 3BJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)