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Off-site Education Service, DUNDEE

Special
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Off-site Education Service is a special school for pupils in Dundee.

Attendance
56.1%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Off-site Education Service in detail

School in Scotland

Off-site Education Service 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 81 pupils and 5.9 pupils per teacher.

100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.

Attendance was 56.1% in 2024/25, and 90.8% 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 satisfactory (B).

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Dundee Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Byron Crescent East (opposite), 140 metres away.

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:Dundee City
Phone:01382 435246
Address:Rockwell Learning Centre, Lawton Road, DUNDEE, DUNDEE, DD3 6SY
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Off-site Education Service in January 2022.

Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.

URN:5320038

At a Glance

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Special Measures

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Byron Crescent East (opp)
138m · 2 min walk
Lawton Road (at)
141m · 2 min walk
Hospital Street (near)
214m · 3 min walk
Glenmarkie Terrace (opp)
306m · 5 min walk
Byron Crescent West (opp)
323m · 5 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
15
Fatal
0
Serious
8
Children hurt
1

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 7 slight.

1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.

2 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 Dundee City is 10.5 (the median across 42 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 Off-site Education Service

When was Off-site Education Service last inspected?

HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Off-site Education Service in January 2022.

What is the catchment area for Off-site Education Service?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Off-site Education Service 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 Dundee City. Dundee City publishes the zone boundary.

How do I apply to Off-site Education Service?

If you live in Off-site Education Service's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Dundee City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Dundee City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.

How many road collisions happen near Off-site Education Service?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 7 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 2 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 Dundee City is 10.5 (the median across 42 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Off-site Education Service?

Off-site Education Service is at Rockwell Learning Centre, Lawton Road, DUNDEE, DUNDEE, DD3 6SY.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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