Cardinal Newman High School, Bellshill

Cardinal Newman 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 813 pupils and 13.6 pupils per teacher.

22% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.

47% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 86.1% 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 poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 61% full.

96% 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 Cardinal Newman High School are Bellshill Academy (0.7 miles), Braidhurst High School (1.8 miles), St Andrew's High School (2.2 miles) and Uddingston Grammar School (2.2 miles).

The nearest railway station is Bellshill Rail Station, about 700 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glebe Street (after), 370 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Cardinal Newman High School are Sacred Heart Primary School (0.5 miles), Lawmuir Primary School (0.6 miles), Noble Primary School (0.9 miles) and St John Paul II Primary (1 mile). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; North Lanarkshire publishes both.