Woodmill High School, Dunfermline
Woodmill High School is a secondary school for pupils in Dunfermline.
- Attendance
- 89.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Woodmill High School in detail
School in Scotland
Woodmill 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 1482 pupils and 13.5 pupils per teacher.
18% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
19% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 44% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.5% in 2024/25, and 33% 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 103% full.
96% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Source: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Woodmill High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Woodmill High School is a local authority-run high school in Dunfermline, Scotland. It is one of the city's four high schools.
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Nursery
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Questions parents ask about Woodmill High School
What is the catchment area for Woodmill High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Woodmill High 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 Woodmill High School?
If you live in Woodmill High 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.
Where is Woodmill High School?
Woodmill High School is at Shields Road, Dunfermline, Dunfermline, KY11 4ER.