Redburn School, GLASGOW
Redburn School is a special school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 88.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Redburn School in detail
School in Scotland
Redburn 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.
Redburn School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 137 pupils and 4.5 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
28% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 9% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 88.7% in 2024/25, and 40% 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 Redburn School are Glencryan School (1.5 miles) and Craighalbert-Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairments (1.9 miles).
Glencryan SchoolCraighalbert-Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairments
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cumbernauld Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glencairn Road (opposite), 80 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 Redburn School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Redburn School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 6 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 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 Redburn School
What is the catchment area for Redburn School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Redburn 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 Redburn School?
If you live in Redburn 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 Redburn School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 6 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Redburn School?
Redburn School is at Kildrum Ring Road, Cumbernauld, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G67 2EL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)