Kear Campus, Blantyre
Kear Campus is a special school for pupils in Blantyre.
- Attendance
- 77.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kear Campus in detail
School in Scotland
Kear Campus 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 76 pupils and 1.4 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 77.3% in 2024/25, and 60.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Kear Campus are Hamilton School for the Deaf (1.6 miles), Greenburn School (2.8 miles), Fallside School (2.8 miles) and West Mains School (2.9 miles).
Hamilton School for the DeafGreenburn SchoolFallside SchoolWest Mains School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Blantyre Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sycamore Grove (before), 90 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 Kear Campus's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Kear Campus
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
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 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 Kear Campus
What is the catchment area for Kear Campus?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kear Campus 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 Kear Campus?
If you live in Kear Campus'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 Kear Campus?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Kear Campus?
Kear Campus is at Bardykes Road, Blantyre, Blantyre, G72 9UJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)