Cumbernauld Academy, Cumbernauld
Cumbernauld Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Cumbernauld.
- Attendance
- 84.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Cumbernauld Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Cumbernauld 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 1090 pupils and 12.1 pupils per teacher.
23% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 52% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
20% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 13% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 84.5% in 2024/25, and 47.8% 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 95% full.
88% 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Cumbernauld Academy are Our Lady's High School - Cumbernauld (1.3 miles), Greenfaulds High School (1.7 miles), St Maurice's High School (2.4 miles) and Kilsyth Academy (4.3 miles).
Our Lady's High School - CumbernauldGreenfaulds High SchoolSt Maurice's High SchoolKilsyth Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cumbernauld Rail Station, about 970 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kenmore Road (opposite), 90 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Cumbernauld Academy are Kildrum Primary School (0.3 miles), Carbrain Primary School (0.3 miles), Abronhill Primary School (0.4 miles) and St Margaret of Scotland 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.
Kildrum Primary SchoolCarbrain Primary SchoolAbronhill Primary SchoolSt Margaret of Scotland 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 Cumbernauld Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Cumbernauld Academy is a comprehensive secondary school in Cumbernauld, Scotland. The original Cumbernauld High School was designed by Scottish architects Gratton & McLean and it opened in 1964 as a non-denominational, co-educational, secondary school.
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At a Glance
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Nursery
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 2
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, 4 serious and 4 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
0 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 Cumbernauld Academy
What is the catchment area for Cumbernauld Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Cumbernauld Academy 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 Cumbernauld Academy?
If you live in Cumbernauld Academy'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 Cumbernauld Academy?
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, 4 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 0 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 Cumbernauld Academy?
Cumbernauld Academy is at South Kildrum Ring Road, Cumbernauld, Cumbernauld, G67 2UF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)