Crosshouse Communication Unit, CROSSHOUSE
Crosshouse Communication Unit is a special school for pupils in Crosshouse.
- Attendance
- 92.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Crosshouse Communication Unit in detail
School in Scotland
Crosshouse Communication Unit 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 104 pupils and 5.1 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
32% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.5% in 2024/25, and 25% 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 Crosshouse Communication Unit are Park School (1.5 miles), Onthank Supported Learning Centre (2.5 miles) and Willowbank School (2.6 miles).
Park SchoolOnthank Supported Learning CentreWillowbank School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kilmaurs Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Playingfield Road (before), 170 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 Crosshouse Communication Unit's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 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 East Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 55 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 Crosshouse Communication Unit
What is the catchment area for Crosshouse Communication Unit?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Crosshouse Communication Unit 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 East Ayrshire. East Ayrshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Crosshouse Communication Unit?
If you live in Crosshouse Communication Unit's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Ayrshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Ayrshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Crosshouse Communication Unit?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 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 East Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 55 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Crosshouse Communication Unit?
Crosshouse Communication Unit is at Crosshouse Primary School, Playingfield Road, CROSSHOUSE, CROSSHOUSE, KA2 0JJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)