Kaimes School, Edinburgh
Kaimes School is a special school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 88.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kaimes School in detail
School in Scotland
Kaimes 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 97 pupils and 3.9 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
32% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 22% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 88.7% in 2024/25, and 36.3% 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 poor (C).
Kaimes School in its own words
In its own words: "We have high expectations for each member of our Kaimes community. We want everyone to participate, develop and achieve. We respect everyone for who they are. This builds feelings of trust, safety and wellbeing. By utilising our individual skills and abilities, we work together and learn together so that every child or young person can succeed in life."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Kaimes School are St Crispin's School (0.6 miles), Dunedin School (1.5 miles), Royal Blind School (2.6 miles) and Braidburn Special School (3.3 miles).
St Crispin's SchoolDunedin SchoolRoyal Blind SchoolBraidburn Special School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Shawfair Rail Station, about 2.5 miles away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Gracemount High School (opposite), 50 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 Kaimes School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 6 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot.
3 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 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 Kaimes School
What is the catchment area for Kaimes School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kaimes 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 Edinburgh City. Edinburgh City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Kaimes School?
If you live in Kaimes School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Edinburgh City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Edinburgh City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Kaimes School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 6 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot. 3 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Kaimes School?
Kaimes School is at 140 Lasswade Road, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 6RT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)