Firpark Primary School, Motherwell
Firpark Primary School is a special school for pupils in Motherwell.
- Attendance
- 90.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Firpark Primary School in detail
School in Scotland
Firpark Primary 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.
Firpark Primary School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 150 pupils and 5.3 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
48% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.3% in 2024/25, and 32% 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 Firpark Primary School are Clydeview School (0.9 miles), Firpark Special School - Secondary (1.1 miles), Fallside School (3 miles) and Woodlands Park High School (3.1 miles).
Clydeview SchoolFirpark Special School - SecondaryFallside SchoolWoodlands Park High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Motherwell Rail Station, about 430 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Duke Street (after), 30 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 Firpark Primary School in April 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Firpark Primary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were 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 Firpark Primary School
When was Firpark Primary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Firpark Primary School in April 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Firpark Primary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Firpark Primary 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 Firpark Primary School?
If you live in Firpark Primary 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 Firpark Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were 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 Firpark Primary School?
Firpark Primary School is at Milton Street, Motherwell, Motherwell, ML1 1DH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)