Chryston High School, GLASGOW
Chryston High School is a secondary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 89.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Chryston High School in detail
School in Scotland
Chryston 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 1041 pupils and 12.7 pupils per teacher.
10% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 41% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
6% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 25% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.3% in 2024/25, and 35.6% 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 good (A); the school was 114% full.
93% of pupils who left in 2023/24 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 97% 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 Chryston High School are Kirkintilloch High School (2.4 miles), Lochend Community High School (2.5 miles), Lenzie Academy (2.7 miles) and East Dunbartonshire Central School (3 miles).
Kirkintilloch High SchoolLochend Community High SchoolLenzie AcademyEast Dunbartonshire Central School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Gartcosh Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lindsaybeg Road (after), 190 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Chryston High School are Chryston Primary School (0.2 miles), St Barbara's Primary School (0.4 miles), Glenmanor Primary School (0.8 miles) and St Michael's Primary School (1.2 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; North Lanarkshire publishes both.
Chryston Primary SchoolSt Barbara's Primary SchoolGlenmanor Primary SchoolSt Michael's 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Chryston High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Chryston High School is a six-year non-denominational secondary school situated in Chryston, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
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Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 5 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Chryston High School
What is the catchment area for Chryston High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Chryston 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 Chryston High School?
If you live in Chryston 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 Chryston 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: none fatal, 3 serious and 5 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 Chryston High School?
Chryston High School is at Lindsaybeg Road, Chryston, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G69 9DL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)