Duncanrig Secondary School, East Kilbride

Duncanrig Secondary 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 1786 pupils and 12.9 pupils per teacher.

17% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 38% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.

2% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 25% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 89% in 2024/25, and 37% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 105% full.

95% 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 Duncanrig Secondary School are St Andrew's and St Bride's High School (1.5 miles), Calderglen High School (2.1 miles), Castlemilk High School (3 miles) and Williamwood High School (3 miles).

The nearest railway station is Hairmyres Rail Station, about 970 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Windward Road (opposite), 210 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Duncanrig Secondary School are East Milton Primary School (0.2 miles), Canberra Primary School (0.2 miles), Our Lady Of Lourdes Primary School (0.6 miles) and Kirktonholme Primary School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; South Lanarkshire publishes both.