Greenburn School, East Kilbride
Greenburn School is a special school for pupils in East Kilbride.
- Attendance
- 89.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Greenburn School in detail
School in Scotland
Greenburn 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.
Greenburn School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 64 pupils and 4.8 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 17% speak English as an additional language.
23% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 11% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.8% in 2024/25.
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 Greenburn School are West Mains School (0.3 miles), Sanderson High School (0.8 miles), Kear Campus (2.8 miles) and Rutherglen High School (3.2 miles).
West Mains SchoolSanderson High SchoolKear CampusRutherglen High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is East Kilbride Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Carlyle Terrace (at), 120 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 Greenburn School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 7 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot.
4 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 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 Greenburn School
What is the catchment area for Greenburn School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Greenburn 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 South Lanarkshire. South Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Greenburn School?
If you live in Greenburn School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and South Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to South Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Greenburn School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 7 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot. 4 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Greenburn School?
Greenburn School is at Calderwood Road, East Kilbride, East Kilbride, G74 3DP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)