Strathmiglo Primary School, CUPAR
Strathmiglo Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Cupar.
- Attendance
- 89.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Strathmiglo Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Strathmiglo 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.
Strathmiglo Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 55 pupils, an average class size of 18.3 and 12.5 pupils per teacher.
33% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.9% in 2024/25, and 28.8% 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 73% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Strathmiglo Primary School are Auchtermuchty Primary School (2 miles), Falkland Primary School (3.2 miles), Abernethy Primary School (4.2 miles) and Portmoak Primary School (5 miles).
Auchtermuchty Primary SchoolFalkland Primary SchoolAbernethy Primary SchoolPortmoak Primary School
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Strathmiglo Primary School.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (adjacent), 20 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 Strathmiglo Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Strathmiglo Primary School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Strathmiglo Primary School
What is the catchment area for Strathmiglo Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Strathmiglo 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 Strathmiglo Primary School?
If you live in Strathmiglo 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 Strathmiglo Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was 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 Strathmiglo Primary School?
Strathmiglo Primary School is at 111 High Street, Strathmiglo, CUPAR, CUPAR, KY14 7PT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)