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Touch Primary School, Dunfermline

Primary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Touch Primary School is a primary school for pupils in Dunfermline.

Attendance
90.8%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Touch Primary School in detail

School in Scotland

Touch 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.

Touch Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 218 pupils, an average class size of 24.2 and 14 pupils per teacher.

32% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals and 32% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.

51% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 31% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 90.8% in 2024/25, and 29% 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 50% full.

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Touch Primary School are Lynburn Primary School (0.7 miles), Bellyeoman Primary School (0.8 miles), Carnegie Primary School (0.8 miles) and Commercial Primary School (0.9 miles).

Lynburn Primary SchoolBellyeoman Primary SchoolCarnegie Primary SchoolCommercial Primary School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Dunfermline Queen Margaret Rail Station, about 450 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beath View (adjacent), 140 metres away.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Touch Primary School are Dunfermline High School (1.5 miles) and Queen Anne High School (1.6 miles).

Dunfermline High SchoolQueen Anne High School

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Fife
Phone:01383 602438
Address:Garvock Bank, Dunfermline, Dunfermline, KY11 4JZ
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Touch Primary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.

URN:5442923

At a Glance

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Train Stations

Dunfermline Queen Margaret Rail Station (front entrance)
445m · 7 min walk

Bus Stops

Beath View (adj)
144m · 2 min walk
Garvock Bridge (Westbound)
148m · 2 min walk
Halbeath Place (adj)
249m · 4 min walk
Durie Place (adj)
306m · 5 min walk
Linburn Grove (adj)
329m · 5 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
7
Fatal
0
Serious
2
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 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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Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Touch Primary School

What is the catchment area for Touch Primary School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Touch 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 Touch Primary School?

If you live in Touch 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 Touch Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 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 Touch Primary School?

Touch Primary School is at Garvock Bank, Dunfermline, Dunfermline, KY11 4JZ.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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