Hamilton School for the Deaf, Hamilton
Hamilton School for the Deaf is a special school for pupils in Hamilton.
- Attendance
- 93%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Hamilton School for the Deaf in detail
School in Scotland
Hamilton School for the Deaf 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.
Hamilton School for the Deaf has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 14 pupils and 1.2 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 43% speak English as an additional language.
57% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93% 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 Hamilton School for the Deaf are Kear Campus (1.6 miles), Clydeview School (2.5 miles), Fallside School (2.9 miles) and Firpark Primary School (3.3 miles).
Kear CampusClydeview SchoolFallside SchoolFirpark Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Hamilton West Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Greenfield Road (near), 60 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 Hamilton School for the Deaf in June 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 3 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
2 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 Hamilton School for the Deaf
When was Hamilton School for the Deaf last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Hamilton School for the Deaf in June 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Hamilton School for the Deaf?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Hamilton School for the Deaf 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 Hamilton School for the Deaf?
If you live in Hamilton School for the Deaf'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 Hamilton School for the Deaf?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 3 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 2 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 Hamilton School for the Deaf?
Hamilton School for the Deaf is at Anderson Street, Hamilton, Hamilton, ML3 0QL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)