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Kirkcaldy West Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Milton Road, Kirkcaldy KY1 1TL · 01592 583432
Overview
- Pupils
- 378
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Fife
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 103 places
- Teachers
- 21.7
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
- Average class size
- 27
- Additional support needs
- 188 pupils (50%)
- English as an additional language
- 95 pupils (25%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (253 pupils)
- P6 and older33.6% (42 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 59%
- Most deprived fifth (SIMD)
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 (full inspection, report published 17 December 2024) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 5 (very good); Learning, teaching and assessment 4 (good); Raising attainment and achievement 4 (good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 17 Dec 2024
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 4 · Good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 4 · Good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 5 · Very good |
Previously: inspection, Feb 2010
Earlier inspections
Before October 2016
Feb 2010Inspection
Improvements in performance 4 · Good Learners’ experiences 3 · Satisfactory Meeting learning needs 3 · Satisfactory The curriculum 3 · Satisfactory Improvement through self-evaluation 3 · Satisfactory
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 20 May 2024
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 103
Key questions
| How good is our care, play and learning? | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| How good is our setting? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our staff team? | 5 · Very good |
| How good is our leadership? | 5 · Very good |