Schools in the Fife council area

About schools in Fife

Most of the 158 schools listed in Fife are primary schools. Its 18 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Another eight schools provide for children with additional needs or alternative provision.

Schools in Fife are inspected by Education Scotland. Its inspectors evaluate a school against the How good is our school quality indicators rather than a single grade, and each page carries the inspection date with a link to the published report. Scotland does not release school-level attainment under an open licence, so these pages show the pupil-census figures its government does publish, among them the school roll and the spread of pupils across the most and least deprived areas. Treat a report as a starting point and visit before you decide.

Recently inspected in Fife

The latest inspections in this area, newest first. Each links to the school's page, where the report and its framework are set out.

• Falkland Primary School Education Scotland, 30 June 2026
• Pitteuchar West Primary School Education Scotland, 23 June 2026
• Newcastle Primary & Community School Education Scotland, 28 April 2026
• Craigrothie Primary School Education Scotland, 28 April 2026
• Colinsburgh Primary School Education Scotland, 28 April 2026
• Park Road Primary School Education Scotland, 31 March 2026
• Dairsie Primary School Education Scotland, 31 March 2026
• St Bride's R C Primary School Education Scotland, 3 March 2026
• Kirkcaldy High School Education Scotland, 17 February 2026
• Lochgelly South Primary School Education Scotland, 20 January 2026
• Carleton Primary School Education Scotland, 2 December 2025
• Pathhead Primary School Education Scotland, 25 November 2025

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Fife.

• Dunfermline 19
• Kirkcaldy 17
• Glenrothes 15
• Inverkeithing 13
• Lochgelly 10
• Cowdenbeath 9
• Culross 7
• Cupar 7
• St Andrews 6
• Buckhaven 5
• Ladybank 5
• Leslie 5
• Methil 5
• Leven 4
• Newport-on-Tay 4
• Pittenweem 4
• Markinch 3
• Anstruther 2
• Auchtermuchty 2
• Burntisland 2
• Crail 2
• Falkland 2
• Newburgh 2
• Tayport 2
• Clackmannan 1
• Kinghorn 1

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Fife

How many schools are in Fife?

OfferDay lists 158 schools in Fife, including 132 primary schools and 18 secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Fife?

Schools in Fife are inspected by Education Scotland (HM Inspectors). It evaluates a school against the How good is our school quality indicators rather than giving one overall grade, and each school page carries the inspection date with a link to the published report.

Which are the best schools in Fife?

OfferDay does not rank schools in Fife. Scotland does not publish school-level attainment under an open licence, so there is no fair basis for a league table. Compare schools on their Education Scotland reports and the pupil-census figures its government publishes, and treat any single measure as a starting point rather than a verdict.

How many towns are in the Fife council area?

OfferDay groups the Fife schools across 26 towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the council area is reachable.

School details come from the Scottish Government's school contact list. Inspection information comes from Education Scotland. Information on this page was last updated on 26 July 2026.