Fallside School, COATBRIDGE
Fallside School is a special school for pupils in Coatbridge.
- Attendance
- 63.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Fallside School in detail
School in Scotland
Fallside 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 9 pupils and 1.5 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
56% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 63.6% in 2024/25, and 92.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Fallside School are Clydeview School (2.3 miles), Kear Campus (2.8 miles), Hamilton School for the Deaf (2.9 miles) and Firpark Primary School (3 miles).
Clydeview SchoolKear CampusHamilton School for the DeafFirpark Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Bellshill Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sanderson Avenue (at), 80 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 Fallside School in May 2023.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Fallside School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
3 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 Fallside School
When was Fallside School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Fallside School in May 2023.
What is the catchment area for Fallside School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Fallside 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 Fallside School?
If you live in Fallside 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 Fallside School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 3 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 Fallside School?
Fallside School is at 31-33 Kildonan Street, COATBRIDGE, COATBRIDGE, ML5 3LG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)