Clyde Valley High School, Wishaw
Clyde Valley High School is a secondary school for pupils in Wishaw.
- Attendance
- 86.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Clyde Valley High School in detail
School in Scotland
Clyde Valley 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 837 pupils and 12.8 pupils per teacher.
23% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 57% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
41% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 10% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 86.5% in 2024/25, and 44.8% 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 90% full.
86% 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.
Source: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Clyde Valley High School in October 2025.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
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Questions parents ask about Clyde Valley High School
When was Clyde Valley High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Clyde Valley High School in October 2025.
What is the catchment area for Clyde Valley High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Clyde Valley 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 Clyde Valley High School?
If you live in Clyde Valley 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.
Where is Clyde Valley High School?
Clyde Valley High School is at Castlehill Road, Wishaw, Wishaw, ML2 0LS.