Onthank Supported Learning Centre, Kilmarnock
Onthank Supported Learning Centre is a special school for pupils in Kilmarnock.
- Attendance
- 79%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Onthank Supported Learning Centre in detail
School in Scotland
Onthank Supported Learning Centre 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 40 pupils and 7.1 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
Attendance was 79% in 2024/25, and 53.7% 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).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Onthank Supported Learning Centre are Willowbank School (1.3 miles), Park School (1.7 miles) and Crosshouse Communication Unit (2.5 miles).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Kilmarnock Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hareshaw Drive (before), 50 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 Onthank Supported Learning Centre's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
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 East Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 55 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 Onthank Supported Learning Centre
What is the catchment area for Onthank Supported Learning Centre?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Onthank Supported Learning Centre 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 East Ayrshire. East Ayrshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Onthank Supported Learning Centre?
If you live in Onthank Supported Learning Centre's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Ayrshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Ayrshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Onthank Supported Learning Centre?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 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 East Ayrshire is 2 (the median across 55 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Onthank Supported Learning Centre?
Onthank Supported Learning Centre is at Meiklewood Road, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock, KA3 2ES.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)