Education in Ladybank Online

Pre-school Education

Ladybank Ladybirds is  a playgroup which meets once a week and offers pre-schoolers the opportunity for free-play and socialisation.

Whilst nursery education is not compulsory, it is usually available for any 4 year olds and for any 3 year olds whose parents wish a place. The catchment areas for Fife Council nurseries are based on postcodes, but parents may apply for  a nursery place outwith their catchment area. Ladybank nursery has two classes and supports Edenstown, Giffordtown as well as being the designated nursery for the village of Letham.  

See Scottish Childcare for more on local area childcare, events and activities.

Primary Education

Ladybank School was built in the 1890s and is a single storey, Victorian building. With 138 children in six classes and 38 in two nursery classes, the school serves the village of Ladybank along with the outlying hamlets of Edenstown and Giffordtown and several farms and isolated homes.

Ladybank School‘s main aim is to enable each child to achieve his or her potential through an appropriate curriculum, motivated staff, a caring, supportive ethos and strong partnership with parents. There is a very active PTA who organise successful fund raising social events throughout the school session and class reps meet with the Head Teacher on a regular basis to discuss issues and assist in the consultation process with the pupils. The school also hosts an Out of School Club.

Alternatively St Columba's RC Primary School serves the Catholic community of Cupar and the Howe.

Secondary education

Children completing primary education in Ladybank usually choose to go to Bell Baxter High School in Cupar or St Andrew's RC High Scool in Kirkcaldy.
Download School Bus timetables for travel to and from Ladybank to Bell Baxter.

There are also fee-paying schools in St. Andrews, Perth and Dundee.

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Further & Higher Education

Local colleges include

• Fife's Elmwood College in Cupar
• Adam Smith College in Glenrothes/Kirkcaldy
• Carnegie College in Dunfermline and 
• Perth College (approx 30 minute drive away)

University education is provided at nearby St. Andrews (Fife's only university and Scotland' first), Dundee and Abertay (Dundee).

Alternatively the Open University of Scotland provides flexible support, tailored to the needs of the individual student and their area of study and is ideally suited to those based rurally.

Lifelong Learning

The Adult Basic Education Service in Fife provides free tuition for adults wanting to improve their basic skills in reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic and basic maths. Alternatively check out the range of courses on offer at your local Howe of Fife Learning Centre or in Ladybank library. Learning doesn't just have to be about formal qualifications, you can develop a personal interest or hobby, learn new skills, brush up on old ones, or just have fun too.