Cunard School, CLYDEBANK
Cunard School is a special school for pupils in Clydebank.
- Attendance
- 93.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Cunard School in detail
School in Scotland
Cunard 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 23 pupils and 4 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
57% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.2% 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 satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B).
Cunard School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Cunard School are Drummore Primary School (2 miles), Kilpatrick School (2 miles), Erskine Waterfront Campus (2.2 miles) and Kibble Education and Care Centre (3.4 miles).
Drummore Primary SchoolKilpatrick SchoolErskine Waterfront CampusKibble Education and Care Centre
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Clydebank Rail Station, about 570 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Argyll Road (after), 250 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 Cunard School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Cunard School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 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 Cunard School
What is the catchment area for Cunard School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Cunard 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 West Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Cunard School?
If you live in Cunard School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and West Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to West Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Cunard School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Cunard School?
Cunard School is at Cochno Street, CLYDEBANK, CLYDEBANK, G81 1RQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)