St Ninian's R C Primary School, LOCHGELLY
St Ninian's R C Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Lochgelly. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 90.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Ninian's R C Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Ninian'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 Ninian's R C Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 113 pupils, an average class size of 22.6 and 12.7 pupils per teacher.
40% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 22% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 90.8% in 2024/25, and 33.6% 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 75% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to St Ninian's R C Primary School are Denend Primary School (0.5 miles), Cardenden Primary School (0.7 miles), Kinglassie Primary School (2.1 miles) and St Patrick's R C Primary School (2.4 miles).
Denend Primary SchoolCardenden Primary SchoolKinglassie Primary SchoolSt Patrick's R C Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cardenden Rail Station, about 860 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Silverton Dr (adjacent), 70 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 Ninian's R C Primary School in September 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
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 Ninian's R C Primary School
When was St Ninian's R C Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Ninian's R C Primary School in September 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 Ninian's R C Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Ninian'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 Ninian's R C Primary School?
If you live in St Ninian'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 Ninian's R C Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 Ninian's R C Primary School?
St Ninian's R C Primary School is at 78 Derran Drive, Cardenden, LOCHGELLY, LOCHGELLY, KY5 0JJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)