Isobel Mair School, GLASGOW
Isobel Mair School is a special school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 93.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Isobel Mair School in detail
School in Scotland
Isobel Mair 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.
Isobel Mair School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 154 pupils and 4.3 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
8% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 33% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.4% in 2024/25, and 20.7% 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 satisfactory (B).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Isobel Mair School are Howford Primary School (2.4 miles), Langlands Primary School (3.6 miles), Mary Russell School (4.3 miles) and Hazelwood School (4.4 miles).
Howford Primary SchoolLanglands Primary SchoolMary Russell SchoolHazelwood School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Patterton Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Jura Drive (opposite), 100 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 Isobel Mair School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 10
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 2 serious and 8 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 East Renfrewshire is 3 (the median across 33 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 Isobel Mair School
What is the catchment area for Isobel Mair School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Isobel Mair 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 East Renfrewshire. East Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Isobel Mair School?
If you live in Isobel Mair School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Isobel Mair 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, 2 serious and 8 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 East Renfrewshire is 3 (the median across 33 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Isobel Mair School?
Isobel Mair School is at 58 Stewarton Road, Newton Mearns, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G77 6NB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)