Bellahouston Academy, GLASGOW

Bellahouston Academy 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 1086 pupils and 12.6 pupils per teacher.

42% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 67% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 48% speak English as an additional language.

35% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 85.8% in 2024/25, and 51.1% 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); the school was 99% full.

92% 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.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bellahouston Academy are Shawlands Academy (1.4 miles), Glasgow Gaelic School (1.4 miles), Govan High School (1.4 miles) and Lourdes Secondary School (1.6 miles).

The nearest railway station is Dumbreck Rail Station, about 390 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Edmiston Drive (before), 330 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Bellahouston Academy are Ibrox Primary School & Nursery Class (0.4 miles), Lorne Street Primary School (0.6 miles), St Albert's Primary School (0.7 miles) and Govan Gaelic Primary/Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Bhaile a' Ghobhainn (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Glasgow City publishes both.