Ten Fife schools are full to bursting, with more pupils than the buildings are designed for.
And several others are at their maximum roll or above 97% occupancy.
Viewforth High School has 102 more pupils than the 600 it should. This is despite it moving to a new building only eight years ago.
Hundreds of new houses are being built in its Kirkcaldy catchment area. But an extension to the building is now planned.
Among the other schools over capacity are Beath High School, in Cowdenbeath. Capshard Primary School, in Kirkcaldy, and Pitreavie Primary School, in Dunfermline, are also over-subscribed.
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You can check how full your Fife school is by searching for it in our table at the bottom.
Data on school buildings across Scotland was released this week.
We have looked at the occupancy rates for every Fife Council secondary and primary as of September 2023.
Others listed with high occupancy are:
- Coaltown of Balgonie Primary (100%)
- Duloch Primary (100%)
- Balwearie High School (99.5%)
- Markinch Primary (98.6%)
- Levenmouth Academy (97.5%)
- Madras College (97.4%)
- Woodmill High (97.4%)
New buildings and extension
Inverkeithing will move into a new building in August 2026. Woodmill, in Dunfermline, moved into a new campus last month.
A new extension is planned for Auchmuty High, in Glenrothes.
The capacity of a school is based the size of available teaching space, rather than the entire building.
Data released by the Scottish Government is from a pupil census conducted in September 2023.
Fife Council head of service, Shelagh McLean, said: “We continually monitor the capacity of our schools and work to manage the challenges that rising school rolls can bring from time to time.
“Additionally, some flexibility is built into our modelling to help us manage pupil numbers.
“In some settings, we can reconfigure the existing space in schools to create additional classroom spaces.
“Where that’s not possible we may consider temporary modular accommodation or a permanent extension to the school building.
“Permanent extensions are planned for Viewforth and Auchmuty high schools. The replacement Inverkeithing High School is due to open in August 2026.”
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