Eastbank Academy, GLASGOW
Eastbank Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 87.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Eastbank Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Eastbank 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 1089 pupils and 13.1 pupils per teacher.
46% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 75% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 25% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 87.2% in 2024/25, and 42.3% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 78% full.
92% 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 Eastbank Academy are St Andrew's Secondary School (0.6 miles), Bannerman High School (1.6 miles), Smithycroft Secondary School (1.7 miles) and Whitehill Secondary School (2.1 miles).
St Andrew's Secondary SchoolBannerman High SchoolSmithycroft Secondary SchoolWhitehill Secondary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Shettleston Rail Station, about 310 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fenella Street (after), 70 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Eastbank Academy are Thorntree Primary School (0.3 miles), Eastbank Primary School (0.3 miles), St Paul's (Shettleston) Primary School & Nursery Class (0.5 miles) and Wellshot Primary School (0.5 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Glasgow City publishes both.
Thorntree Primary SchoolEastbank Primary SchoolSt Paul's (Shettleston) Primary School & Nursery ClassWellshot 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Eastbank Academy in March 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Eastbank Academy is a Scottish secondary school in the suburb of Shettleston in Glasgow, Scotland.
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At a Glance
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Nursery
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Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 25
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 8
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 25 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 17 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
5 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 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 Eastbank Academy
When was Eastbank Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Eastbank Academy in March 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Eastbank Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Eastbank 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 Glasgow City. Glasgow City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Eastbank Academy?
If you live in Eastbank Academy's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Glasgow City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Glasgow City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Eastbank Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 25 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 17 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 5 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Eastbank Academy?
Eastbank Academy is at 26 Academy Street, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G32 9AA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)