St Bride's R C Primary School, Cowdenbeath
St Bride's R C Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Cowdenbeath. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 91.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Bride's R C Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Bride's R C 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.
St Bride's R C Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 182 pupils, an average class size of 22.8 and 14.4 pupils per teacher.
38% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 19% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.5% in 2024/25, and 30.1% 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 82% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Bride's R C Primary School are Cowdenbeath Primary School (0.4 miles), Foulford Primary School (0.7 miles), Hill of Beath Primary School (0.9 miles) and Lumphinnans Primary & Community School (1 mile).
Cowdenbeath Primary SchoolFoulford Primary SchoolHill of Beath Primary SchoolLumphinnans Primary & Community School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cowdenbeath Rail Station, about 860 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Blamey Crescent (opposite), 80 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Bride's R C Primary School in March 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
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 Bride's R C Primary School
When was St Bride's R C Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Bride's R C Primary School in March 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 St Bride's R C Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Bride's R C 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 St Bride's R C Primary School?
If you live in St Bride's R C 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 St Bride's R C Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 Bride's R C Primary School?
St Bride's R C Primary School is at Barclay Street, Cowdenbeath, Cowdenbeath, KY4 9LD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)