Viewforth High School, KIRKCALDY FIFE

Viewforth 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 655 pupils and 10.3 pupils per teacher.

34% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 69% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 12% speak English as an additional language.

50% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 85% in 2024/25, and 48.6% 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 109% full.

96% of pupils who left in 2023/24 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.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Viewforth High School are St Andrew's R C High School (0.8 miles), Kirkcaldy High School (1.5 miles), Balwearie High School (2.7 miles) and Auchmuty High School (4.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Kirkcaldy Rail Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tower Terrace (adjacent), 50 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Viewforth High School are Dysart Primary School (0.2 miles), Sinclairtown Primary School (0.3 miles), Pathhead Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Marie's R C Primary School (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Fife publishes both.