Braidburn Special School, Edinburgh
Braidburn Special School is a special school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 89%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Braidburn Special School in detail
School in Scotland
Braidburn Special School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
Braidburn Special School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 122 pupils and 5.1 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
30% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 24% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89% in 2024/25, and 33.6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B).
Braidburn Special School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "Braidburn is an amazing school in the Southwest of Edinburgh. We support children and young people with complex additional support needs, aged 3-18 years. We have an incredible staff team who support our pupils each day to access their learning experiences and be as independent as they can be."
Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Braidburn Special School are Redhall School (1.1 miles), Westfield Secondary (Previously Gorgie Mills Special School) (1.5 miles), Royal Blind School (1.6 miles) and Dunedin School (2.7 miles).
Redhall SchoolWestfield Secondary (Previously Gorgie Mills Special School)Royal Blind SchoolDunedin School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Slateford Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Firrhill High School (opposite), 320 metres away.
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Braidburn Special School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Latest from Braidburn Special School
Post School Destinations Event at Braidburn School
24 Sep 2026
Learning Journals
24 Jun 2025
Welcome to Braidburn School
30 Oct 2012
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 9 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Braidburn Special School
What is the catchment area for Braidburn Special School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Braidburn Special School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to Edinburgh City. Edinburgh City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Braidburn Special School?
If you live in Braidburn Special School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Edinburgh City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Edinburgh City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Braidburn Special School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 9 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Braidburn Special School?
Braidburn Special School is at 107 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH14 1ED.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)