St Columba's R C High School, Dunfermline
St Columba's R C High School is a secondary school for pupils in Dunfermline. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 89.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Columba's R C High School in detail
School in Scotland
St Columba's R C High 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 900 pupils and 12.9 pupils per teacher.
24% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 55% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.
30% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 23% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.4% in 2024/25, and 35.2% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 84% full.
95% of pupils who left in 2020/21 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 94% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Source: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Columba's R C High School in January 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
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
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Boarding
No
Nursery
No
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Questions parents ask about St Columba's R C High School
When was St Columba's R C High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Columba's R C High School in January 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Columba's R C High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Columba's R C High 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 Columba's R C High School?
If you live in St Columba's R C High 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.
Where is St Columba's R C High School?
St Columba's R C High School is at Woodmill Road, Dunfermline, Dunfermline, KY11 4UN.