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Lawhead Primary School

PrimaryP1 to P7Non-denominationalNursery class

Strathkinness Low Road, St Andrews, KY16 9NG · Fife

St Andrews’s School Grade B+ against Scotland’s towns

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Pupils
213
September 2025, 11.3 teachers
Average class
26.6 pupils
Scotland’s primary schools: 23.7
Additional support needs
19%
of pupils · outlined square = Scotland’s primary schools (37%)
From the most deprived areas
0%
of pupils live in Scotland’s most deprived fifth of areas · outlined square = Scotland’s primary schools (22%)
The gist

What stands out about Lawhead Primary School

  • Scotland publishes no results by primary school, so it has no letter
  • Classes average 26.6 pupils, against 23.7 across Scotland

Pupils

Pupil census · September 2025

Lawhead Primary School had 213 pupils in September 2025, with 11.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 19 pupils for each. 0% live in the most deprived fifth of Scotland’s neighbourhoods and 58% in the least deprived fifth (each fifth holds a fifth of Scotland’s people, on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation). 40 pupils have an additional support need recorded, 19% of the roll, against 37% across Scotland’s primary schools. 5% are learning English as an additional language.

Scottish Government, summary statistics for schools in Scotland 2025, school level. Small counts are withheld.

Nearby

Schools near Lawhead Primary School

Every mainstream school within 3 km. Secondaries are squares, with their letter; Gaelic-medium schools are teal.

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The five nearest

Nearby schools

Schools of the same phase near Lawhead Primary School

Nearest first, within the same nation, as the crow flies. Up to 8 km, or 25 km where there are fewer than three nearby. Catchments and admissions rules decide which school a child gets.

Canongate Primary School
Primary · P1 to P7 · Non-denominational
Nursery class
188 pupils18.8 average class1 km away
Greyfriars RC Primary School
Primary · P1 to P7 · Roman Catholic
179 pupils22.4 average class2.1 km away
Strathkinness Primary School
Primary · P1 to P7 · Non-denominational
63 pupils21 average class3.1 km away
Guardbridge Primary School
Primary · P1 to P7 · Non-denominational
89 pupils22.2 average class5.5 km away
Leuchars Primary School
Primary · P1 to P7 · Non-denominational
Nursery class
185 pupils26.4 average class6.4 km away
Dairsie Primary School
Primary · P1 to P7 · Non-denominational
30 pupils15 average class8 km away

Lawhead Primary School: common questions

How good is Lawhead Primary School?

Scotland doesn’t publish results by primary school, so there is no letter. Education Scotland’s inspection reports are the best guide.

How many pupils go to Lawhead Primary School?

213 in September 2025, in classes averaging 26.6 pupils.

How do I get a place at Lawhead Primary School?

Through Fife council. A child living in the school’s catchment area gets a place; families outside it can make a placing request, granted where there is room.

Not on this page yet: Education Scotland’s latest inspection and attendance.

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