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Carnegie Primary School
Primary · Ages 4–11 · Council school
Pittsburgh Road, Dunfermline, FIFE KY11 8SS · 01383 602460
On the mapSearch near KY11 8SS
Overview
- Pupils
- 609
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Fife
- Departments
- Primary
- Denomination
- Non-denominational
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 80 places
- Teachers
- 29
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
- Average class size
- 29
- Additional support needs
- 88 pupils (14%)
- English as an additional language
- 9 pupils (1%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (418 pupils)
- P6 and older18.3% (35 pupils)
- Most deprived areas
- 9%
- 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 27 August 2024) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Leadership of change 5 (very good); Learning, teaching and assessment 5 (very good); Raising attainment and achievement 5 (very good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 5 (very good). Nursery class: Leadership of change 5 (very good); Learning, teaching and assessment 5 (very good); Securing children’s progress 5 (very good); Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 5 (very good).
- Report published
- 27 Aug 2024
- Full inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Leadership of change | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 5 · Very good |
| Raising attainment and achievement | 5 · Very good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 5 · Very good |
Nursery class
| Leadership of change | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Learning, teaching and assessment | 5 · Very good |
| Securing children’s progress | 5 · Very good |
| Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion | 5 · Very good |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 3 Aug 2022
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 80
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 |