St Agatha's R C Primary, Leven
St Agatha's R C Primary is a primary school for pupils in Leven. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 90.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Agatha's R C Primary in detail
School in Scotland
St Agatha's R C Primary 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.
St Agatha's R C Primary has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 237 pupils, an average class size of 23.7 and 15.1 pupils per teacher.
28% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 33% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 90.2% in 2024/25, and 28.6% 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 81% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Agatha's R C Primary are Mountfleurie Primary School (0.3 miles), Parkhill Primary School (0.6 miles), Aberhill Primary School (1 mile) and Methilhill Primary & Community School (1.4 miles).
Mountfleurie Primary SchoolParkhill Primary SchoolAberhill Primary SchoolMethilhill Primary & Community School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Leven Rail Station, about 1130 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
21 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Agathas P Sch (adjacent), 40 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 St Agatha's R C Primary's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 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 St Agatha's R C Primary
What is the catchment area for St Agatha's R C Primary?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Agatha's R C Primary 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 St Agatha's R C Primary?
If you live in St Agatha's R C Primary'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 St Agatha's R C Primary?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 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 St Agatha's R C Primary?
St Agatha's R C Primary is at Windygates Road, Leven, Leven, KY8 5BL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)