Bellshill Academy, Bellshill

Bellshill 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 701 pupils and 12.5 pupils per teacher.

23% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 48% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.

Attendance was 86.6% in 2024/25, and 44.6% 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 70% full.

95% of pupils who left in 2023/24 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 Bellshill Academy are Cardinal Newman High School (0.7 miles), Braidhurst High School (1.5 miles), Taylor High School (1.9 miles) and St Andrew's High School (2.1 miles).

The nearest railway station is Bellshill Rail Station, about 500 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bellshill Academy (opposite), 80 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Bellshill Academy are Holy Family Primary School (0.4 miles), Mossend Primary School (0.6 miles), Sacred Heart Primary School (0.6 miles) and Noble Primary School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; North Lanarkshire publishes both.