Castleview School, STIRLING
Castleview School is a special school for pupils in Stirling.
- Attendance
- 87.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Castleview School in detail
School in Scotland
Castleview 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.
Castleview School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 27 pupils and 3.7 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 87.9% in 2024/25, and 33.3% 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).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Castleview School are Stirling Inclusion Support Service (Secondary) (2.7 miles), Stirling Inclusion Support Service (Primary) (3.4 miles) and Primary School Support Service (4.2 miles).
Stirling Inclusion Support Service (Secondary)Stirling Inclusion Support Service (Primary)Primary School Support Service
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Stirling Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Raploch Campus (at), 50 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 Castleview School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Castleview School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 8 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
0 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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 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 Castleview School
What is the catchment area for Castleview School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Castleview 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 Stirling. Stirling publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Castleview School?
If you live in Castleview School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Stirling will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Stirling - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Castleview School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 8 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 0 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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Castleview School?
Castleview School is at Raploch Community Campus, Drip Road, STIRLING, STIRLING, FK8 1SD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)