Fairview School, Perth
Fairview School is a special school for pupils in Perth.
- Attendance
- 89.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Fairview School in detail
School in Scotland
Fairview 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.
Fairview School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 63 pupils and 4.1 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 89.7% in 2024/25, and 29.2% 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).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Perth Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
23 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ross Avenue (at), 100 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 Fairview School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Fairview School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
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.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 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 Fairview School
What is the catchment area for Fairview School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Fairview 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 Perth & Kinross. Perth & Kinross publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Fairview School?
If you live in Fairview School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Perth & Kinross will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Perth & Kinross - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Fairview 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. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Fairview School?
Fairview School is at Oakbank Crescent, Perth, Perth, PH1 1DF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)