Firpark Special School - Secondary, Motherwell

Special

Local Authority

Mixed

Non-denominational

Firpark Special School - Secondary is a special school for pupils in Motherwell.

Attendance: 86.1%

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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Firpark Special School - Secondary in detail

School in Scotland

Firpark Special School - Secondary 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 184 pupils and 4.9 pupils per teacher.

100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.

51% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 5% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 86.1% in 2024/25, and 40.3% 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).

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other special schools to Firpark Special School - Secondary are Firpark Primary School (1.1 miles), Clydeview School (1.8 miles), Woodlands Park High School (2.7 miles) and Hamilton School for the Deaf (3.6 miles).

Firpark Primary School Clydeview School Woodlands Park High School Hamilton School for the Deaf

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Airbles Rail Station, about 820 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Catherine Street (opposite), 170 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

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Key Information

Scottish Government

LA:North Lanarkshire

Phone:01698 251313

Website:northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5941

Address:Firpark Street, Motherwell, Motherwell, ML1 2PR

Area:Schools in ML1

Centre type:Local Authority

Status:open

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Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Firpark Special School - Secondary in November 2024.

2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood

HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.

Letter to parents Summarised inspection findings

Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.

URN:1000144

At a Glance

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Getting There

Train Stations

Airbles Rail Station

819m · 13 min walk

Bus Stops

Catherine Street (Opp)

172m · 3 min walk

Findlay Street (Opp)

260m · 4 min walk

Toll Street (at)

277m · 5 min walk

Leven Street (Opp)

299m · 5 min walk

Broomside Crescent (at)

338m · 5 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions: 8
Fatal: 0
Serious: 2
Children hurt: 2

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight.

2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 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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Reviews

Questions parents ask about Firpark Special School - Secondary

When was Firpark Special School - Secondary last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Firpark Special School - Secondary in November 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.

What is the catchment area for Firpark Special School - Secondary?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Firpark Special School - Secondary 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 Special School - Secondary?

If you live in Firpark Special School - Secondary'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 Special School - Secondary?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).