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St Bride's R C Primary School
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Council school
Barclay Street, Cowdenbeath KY4 9LD · 01383 602431
Overview
- Pupils
- 182
- September 2025 census
- Local authority
- Fife
- Departments
- Pre-school, Primary
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Medium of education
- English medium
- Nursery class
- Yes · 64 places
- Teachers
- 12.6
- Full-time equivalent
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
- Average class size
- 22.8
- Additional support needs
- 35 pupils (19%)
- English as an additional language
- 6 pupils (3%)
- Free school meals
- P1 to P5100% (132 pupils)
- P6 and older38% (19 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 24 January 2012) graded it 1 to 6 on each quality indicator: Improvements in performance 3 (satisfactory); Learners’ experiences 3 (satisfactory); Meeting learning needs 4 (good); The curriculum 2 (weak); Improvement through self-evaluation 2 (weak).
- Report published
- 24 Jan 2012
- Inspection · Education Scotland
Quality indicators
| Improvements in performance | 3 · Satisfactory |
|---|---|
| Learners’ experiences | 3 · Satisfactory |
| Meeting learning needs | 4 · Good |
| The curriculum | 2 · Weak |
| Improvement through self-evaluation | 2 · Weak |
Care Inspectorate (nursery class)
- Graded report
- 3 Mar 2026
- Care Inspectorate
- Nursery places
- 64
Key questions
| Children play and learn | 5 · Very good |
|---|---|
| Children thrive and develop in quality spaces | 5 · Very good |
| Leadership (includes staff skills, knowledge, values and deployment) | 5 · Very good |