Kilpatrick School, CLYDEBANK
Kilpatrick School is a special school for pupils in Clydebank.
- Attendance
- 90%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kilpatrick School in detail
School in Scotland
Kilpatrick 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.
Kilpatrick School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 225 pupils and 5.3 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
57% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90% in 2024/25, and 33.8% 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 good (A).
Kilpatrick School in its own words
In its own words: "To recognise and realise the rights of our children and young people as agreed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)."
The school runs a breakfast club.
Vision and values (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Kilpatrick School are Erskine Waterfront Campus (1.3 miles), Cunard School (2 miles), Drummore Primary School (3.1 miles) and Good Shepherd Secure/Close Support Unit (3.9 miles).
Erskine Waterfront CampusCunard SchoolDrummore Primary SchoolGood Shepherd Secure/Close Support Unit
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Dalmuir Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Great Western Road (after), 240 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 Kilpatrick School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 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 Kilpatrick School
What is the catchment area for Kilpatrick School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kilpatrick 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 West Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Kilpatrick School?
If you live in Kilpatrick School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and West Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to West Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Kilpatrick School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 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 West Dunbartonshire is 4 (the median across 41 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Kilpatrick School?
Kilpatrick School is at Mountblow Road, CLYDEBANK, CLYDEBANK, G81 4BD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)