Linburn Academy, GLASGOW
Linburn Academy is a special school for pupils in Glasgow. It has an Inter-denominational religious character.
- Attendance
- 82.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Linburn Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Linburn Academy 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 50 pupils and 3.5 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 82.8% in 2024/25, and 47.1% 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 satisfactory (B).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Linburn Academy are Langlands Primary School (1.6 miles), Mary Russell School (1.6 miles), Hazelwood School (2.4 miles) and Howford Primary School (2.7 miles).
Langlands Primary SchoolMary Russell SchoolHazelwood SchoolHowford Primary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Hillington West Rail Station, about 330 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bowfield Avenue (at), 140 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 Linburn Academy in March 2026.
- 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Linburn Academy
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 3 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 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 Linburn Academy
When was Linburn Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Linburn Academy in March 2026. 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 Linburn Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Linburn Academy 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 Glasgow City. Glasgow City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Linburn Academy?
If you live in Linburn Academy's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Glasgow City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Glasgow City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Linburn Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 3 serious and 3 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Linburn Academy?
Linburn Academy is at 77 Linburn Road, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G52 4EX.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)