Riverbrae School, LINWOOD
Riverbrae School is a special school for pupils in Linwood.
- Attendance
- 92%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Riverbrae School in detail
School in Scotland
Riverbrae 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.
Riverbrae School has a pre-school (nursery) class.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 219 pupils and 4.5 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded.
32% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 15% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92% in 2024/25, and 22.5% 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 good (A).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Riverbrae School are Mirren Park School (1.4 miles), Ardfern Learning Centre- Johnstone (1.7 miles), Kibble Education and Care Centre (2 miles) and Mary Russell School (3.7 miles).
Mirren Park SchoolArdfern Learning Centre- JohnstoneKibble Education and Care CentreMary Russell School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Johnstone Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dunlop Street (opposite), 390 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 Riverbrae School in June 2023.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Riverbrae School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 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 Riverbrae School
When was Riverbrae School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Riverbrae School in June 2023.
What is the catchment area for Riverbrae School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Riverbrae 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 Renfrewshire. Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Riverbrae School?
If you live in Riverbrae School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Riverbrae School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Riverbrae School?
Riverbrae School is at 2 Middleton Road, LINWOOD, LINWOOD, PA3 3DP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)