Coltness High School, WISHAW
Coltness High School is a secondary school for pupils in Wishaw.
- Attendance
- 86%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Coltness High School in detail
School in Scotland
Coltness 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 968 pupils and 13.5 pupils per teacher.
21% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
30% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 2% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 86% in 2024/25, and 44.1% 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 105% full.
91% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 94% 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 Coltness High School are St Aidan's High School (0.5 miles), Our Lady's High School - Motherwell (2.8 miles), Brannock High School (2.9 miles) and Taylor High School (3.3 miles).
St Aidan's High SchoolOur Lady's High School - MotherwellBrannock High SchoolTaylor High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Wishaw Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mossland Drive (after), 330 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Coltness High School are Cambusnethan Primary School (0.3 miles), Wishaw Academy Primary School (0.5 miles), St Ignatius' Primary School (0.5 miles) and St Aidan's Primary School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; North Lanarkshire publishes both.
Cambusnethan Primary SchoolWishaw Academy Primary SchoolSt Ignatius' Primary SchoolSt Aidan'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 Coltness High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Coltness High School is a secondary school located in Coltness, the largest suburb of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The school opened in 1966, and as of May 2015 had a roll of 780 pupils.
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At a Glance
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 8 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot.
3 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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Questions parents ask about Coltness High School
What is the catchment area for Coltness High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Coltness 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 Coltness High School?
If you live in Coltness 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 Coltness High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 8 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot. 3 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 Coltness High School?
Coltness High School is at Mossland Drive, Coltness, WISHAW, WISHAW, ML2 8NA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)