Mavisbank School, Carnbroe
Mavisbank School is a special school for pupils in Carnbroe.
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Mavisbank School in detail
School in Scotland
Mavisbank 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.
Mavisbank School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 38 pupils and 4 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Mavisbank School are Willowbank School (0.5 miles), Portland High School (1.4 miles), Drumpark Primary School (1.5 miles) and St Philip's School (2.2 miles).
Willowbank SchoolPortland High SchoolDrumpark Primary SchoolSt Philip's School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Airdrie Rail Station, about 600 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Gateside Crescent (after), 150 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 Mavisbank School in November 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Mavisbank School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 26
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 8
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 26 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 18 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
4 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 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 Mavisbank School
When was Mavisbank School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Mavisbank School in November 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Mavisbank School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Mavisbank 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 North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Mavisbank School?
If you live in Mavisbank School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Mavisbank School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 26 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 18 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 4 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Mavisbank School?
Mavisbank School is at Kirkton Crescent, Carnbroe, Carnbroe, ML5 4SU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)