Warout Primary & Community School, Glenrothes
Warout Primary & Community School is a primary school for pupils in Glenrothes.
- Attendance
- 86.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Warout Primary & Community School in detail
School in Scotland
Warout Primary & Community 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 190 pupils, an average class size of 23.8 and 13 pupils per teacher.
49% of P6-P7 pupils are registered for free school meals, 34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 10% speak English as an additional language.
71% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 86.8% in 2024/25, and 39% 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 60% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Warout Primary & Community School are Pitteuchar West Primary School (0.4 miles), St Paul's R C Primary School (0.5 miles), Rimbleton Primary School (0.6 miles) and South Parks Primary School (0.6 miles).
Pitteuchar West Primary SchoolSt Paul's R C Primary SchoolRimbleton Primary SchoolSouth Parks Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Markinch Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
38 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bruce Road (adjacent), 110 metres away.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Warout Primary & Community School are Auchmuty High School (0.5 miles), Glenrothes High School (0.8 miles) and Glenwood High School (1.4 miles).
Auchmuty High SchoolGlenrothes High SchoolGlenwood High School
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 Warout Primary & Community School in August 2025.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 4 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
2 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 Warout Primary & Community School
When was Warout Primary & Community School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Warout Primary & Community School in August 2025.
What is the catchment area for Warout Primary & Community School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Warout Primary & Community 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 Warout Primary & Community School?
If you live in Warout Primary & Community 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 Warout Primary & Community School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 4 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 2 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 Warout Primary & Community School?
Warout Primary & Community School is at Malcolm Road, Glenrothes, Glenrothes, KY7 4JX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)