Second consultation on SW Fife high school name

Pupils, staff, parents and the wider public will be given a second chance to air their views on the renaming of Inverkeithing High School.

In a widespread initial consultation the public were asked for their views on a number of previously suggested names, and given the opportunity to add any suggestions of their own. Now they'll be asked to pick their favourite from a shortlist of four names.

Inverkeithing High School is being replaced and a new high school is already under construction on a new site in Rosyth. As the new school will not be in Inverkeithing, a new name for the school is now being sought.

Convenor of South West Fife Area Committee, Cllr. David Barratt said: " We had a huge response to our initial consultation, with thousands of responses, which was very encouraging and showed the depth of feeling around this in the local community. The committee today had a very difficult job to try to whittle down the hundreds of name suggestions and combinations to just four.

"One group of pupils put forward a name suggestion and reached out to elected members,  inviting us into the school to see their research. We had originally agreed as a committee to make a shortlist of three names but, following the suggestion put forward by the group,  it was agreed that we could extend the shortlist to four names."

The four names which councillors decided should be on the shortlist are Caledonia, Rosyth, Forth and the further suggestion of Janet McCallum. A second question on the consultation form will ask if the school is titled as Academy or High School.

The next part of the consultation will again involve pupils and staff from all the associated schools, as well as an online form which can be filled in by members of the public.  Anyone taking part will be asked to choose one of the names, along with choosing between High School or Academy.

The results of that consultation will come back to the Area Committee in April where councillors will then make a final decision after considering the results.

Cllr David Barratt, Convenor of South and West Fife Area Committee said: “Naming anything, especially a school is quite an emotive subject and we know there will be a lot of different opinions in the community. We want to hear from all voices in the local community so please go online and make your suggestion by 28th March 2025 if you want to have your view considered.”

The consultation form is available on our website and will be live from 6^th February at 6am until 28^th March at 5pm.

For more information on how the building of the new school is progressing and for up to date drone footage go to our SW Fife high school page at www.fife.gov.uk