Clydeview Academy, Gourock

Clydeview 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 1010 pupils and 12.5 pupils per teacher.

20% 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.

24% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 22% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 91% in 2024/25, and 31.9% 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 good (A); the school was 99% full.

95% of pupils who left in 2021/22 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 Clydeview Academy are St Columba's High School (0.7 miles), Inverclyde Academy (0.9 miles), Notre Dame High School (1.2 miles) and Hermitage Academy (4.9 miles).

The nearest railway station is Fort Matilda Rail Station, about 890 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mallard Crescent (at 73), 150 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Clydeview Academy are St Joseph's Primary School (0.5 miles), Gourock Primary School (0.6 miles), St Ninian's Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Andrew's Primary School (0.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Inverclyde publishes both.