Cardinal Winning Secondary School, Glasgow
Cardinal Winning Secondary School is a special school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 87.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Cardinal Winning Secondary School in detail
School in Scotland
Cardinal Winning Secondary 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 96 pupils and 3.5 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 16% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 87.4% in 2024/25, and 44.2% 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 poor (C).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to Cardinal Winning Secondary School are Eastmuir Primary School (1.5 miles), Westmuir High School (1.5 miles), Rutherglen High School (2 miles) and Newhills Secondary School (2 miles).
Eastmuir Primary SchoolWestmuir High SchoolRutherglen High SchoolNewhills Secondary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Carmyle Rail Station, about 920 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Archerfield Avenue (opposite), 190 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Cardinal Winning Secondary School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Cardinal Winning Secondary School is a Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school, located in the Tollcross area of Glasgow.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 13
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 10 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 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 Cardinal Winning Secondary School
What is the catchment area for Cardinal Winning Secondary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Cardinal Winning Secondary 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 Glasgow City. Glasgow City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Cardinal Winning Secondary School?
If you live in Cardinal Winning Secondary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Glasgow City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Glasgow City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Cardinal Winning Secondary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 10 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Cardinal Winning Secondary School?
Cardinal Winning Secondary School is at 30 Fullarton Avenue, Glasgow, Glasgow, G32 8NJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)