Clydeview School, Motherwell
Clydeview School is a special school for pupils in Motherwell.
- Attendance
- 91%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Clydeview School in detail
School in Scotland
Clydeview 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.
Clydeview School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 48 pupils and 4.6 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 91% in 2024/25, and 27.7% 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 good (A).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Clydeview School are Firpark Primary School (0.9 miles), Firpark Special School - Secondary (1.8 miles), Fallside School (2.3 miles) and Hamilton School for the Deaf (2.5 miles).
Firpark Primary SchoolFirpark Special School - SecondaryFallside SchoolHamilton School for the Deaf
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Motherwell Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Salisbury Crescent (opposite), 220 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Clydeview School in June 2024.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Clydeview School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 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 Clydeview School
When was Clydeview School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Clydeview School in June 2024.
What is the catchment area for Clydeview School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Clydeview 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 North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Clydeview School?
If you live in Clydeview School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Clydeview School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Clydeview School?
Clydeview School is at Vickers Street, Motherwell, Motherwell, ML1 3RE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)