Coatbridge High School, Coatbridge

Coatbridge 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 1080 pupils and 13.9 pupils per teacher.

21% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 47% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.

34% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 85.1% in 2024/25, and 48.9% 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 82% full.

89% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Coatbridge High School are St Andrew's High School (1.2 miles), St Ambrose High School (1.4 miles), Airdrie Academy (1.6 miles) and St Margaret's High School (1.9 miles).

The nearest railway station is Coatdyke Rail Station, about 710 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Muiryhall Street (after), 50 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Coatbridge High School are St Patrick's Primary School (Coatbridge) (0.2 miles), Greenhill Primary School (0.4 miles), St Stephen's Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Augustine's Primary School (0.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; North Lanarkshire publishes both.