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Denend Primary School
Primary · Ages 4–11 · Council school
4 School Lane, Cardenden, LOCHGELLY KY5 0BS · 01592 583423
Overview
- Pupils
- 160
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Fife
- Departments
- Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 30 places
- Teachers
- 10.6
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
- Average class size
- 22.9
- Additional support needs
- 31 pupils (19%)
- English as an additional language
- Too few to publish
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (100 pupils)
- P6 and older43.3% (26 pupils)
From the Scottish Government’s school contact details, school level summary statistics and School Roll and Locations.
Inspection
Education Scotland’s latest graded inspection on file (inspection, report published 23 August 2011) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 4 (good); Learners’ experiences 4 (good); Meeting learning needs 4 (good); The curriculum 4 (good); Improvement through self-evaluation 4 (good).
- Report published
- 23 Aug 2011
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 4 · Good |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 4 · Good |
| Meeting learning needs | 4 · Good |
| The curriculum | 4 · Good |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 4 · Good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 23 Jun 2026
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 30
Key questions
| Children play and learn | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Children thrive and develop in quality spaces | 5 · Very good |
| Children are supported to achieve | 4 · Good |
| Leadership (includes staff skills, knowledge, values and deployment) | 4 · Good |