Gleniffer High School, PAISLEY
Gleniffer High School is a secondary school for pupils in Paisley.
- Attendance
- 87.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Gleniffer High School in detail
School in Scotland
Gleniffer 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 1122 pupils and 13.9 pupils per teacher.
20% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
30% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 15% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 87.2% in 2024/25, and 43.8% 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 79% full.
97% of pupils who left in 2022/23 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Gleniffer High School are Castlehead High School (1.4 miles), Paisley Grammar School (2.3 miles), St Benedict's High School (2.5 miles) and Linwood High School (2.6 miles).
Castlehead High SchoolPaisley Grammar SchoolSt Benedict's High SchoolLinwood High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Paisley Canal Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Waverley Road (opposite), 150 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Gleniffer High School are Brediland Primary School (0.3 miles), St Paul's Primary School (0.3 miles), Heriot Primary School (0.4 miles) and St Peter's Primary School (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Renfrewshire publishes both.
Brediland Primary SchoolSt Paul's Primary SchoolHeriot Primary SchoolSt Peter'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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Gleniffer High School in June 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
Gleniffer High School is a Scottish state school located in Paisley for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. Since 1988, Gleniffer has been located in Paisley's Foxbar district, close to the Gleniffer Braes in the west coast of Scotland, south of Glasgow.
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At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Latest from Gleniffer High School
October Foodbank Collection
29 Sep 2026
October Holiday
29 Sep 2026
Christmas Panto - remaining spaces
29 Sep 2026
Review of Renfrewshire Council Anti-Bullying Policy
22 Sep 2026
S4 October Assessment Block Letter
15 Sep 2026
S5/6 October Assessment Block Letter
15 Sep 2026
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 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 Gleniffer High School
When was Gleniffer High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Gleniffer High School in June 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Gleniffer High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Gleniffer 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 Renfrewshire. Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Gleniffer High School?
If you live in Gleniffer High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Gleniffer High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Gleniffer High School?
Gleniffer High School is at Amochrie Road, PAISLEY, PAISLEY, PA2 0AG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)