Taylor High School, MOTHERWELL
Taylor High School is a secondary school for pupils in Motherwell. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 86.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Taylor High School in detail
School in Scotland
Taylor High 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 1004 pupils and 13.2 pupils per teacher.
16% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 10% speak English as an additional language.
24% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 86.7% in 2024/25, and 45.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 104% full.
94% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Taylor High School are Brannock High School (0.5 miles), Braidhurst High School (1.2 miles), Bellshill Academy (1.9 miles) and Dalziel High School (1.9 miles).
Brannock High SchoolBraidhurst High SchoolBellshill AcademyDalziel High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Holytown Rail Station, about 280 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Station Road (opposite), 30 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Taylor High School are St Patrick's Primary School (New Stevenston) (0.3 miles), New Stevenston Primary School (0.3 miles), Holytown Primary School (0.6 miles) and Our Lady & St Francis Primary School (0.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; North Lanarkshire publishes both.
St Patrick's Primary School (New Stevenston)New Stevenston Primary SchoolHolytown Primary SchoolOur Lady & St Francis Primary School
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 Taylor High School in January 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 1 serious and 6 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 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 Taylor High School
When was Taylor High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Taylor High School in January 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Taylor High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Taylor High 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 Taylor High School?
If you live in Taylor High 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 Taylor High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 1 serious and 6 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Taylor High School?
Taylor High School is at Carfin Street, New Stevenston, MOTHERWELL, MOTHERWELL, ML1 4JP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)