Govan High School, GLASGOW

Govan 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 659 pupils and 8.5 pupils per teacher.

49% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 52% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.

Attendance was 81.7% in 2024/25, and 57.2% 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 82% full.

93% of pupils who left in 2020/21 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 93% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Govan High School are Lourdes Secondary School (1 mile), Bellahouston Academy (1.4 miles), St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School (1.6 miles) and Rosshall Academy (1.6 miles).

The nearest railway station is Cardonald Rail Station, about 760 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Skipness Drive (opposite), 250 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Govan High School are Pirie Park Primary School (0.2 miles), St Constantine's Primary School & Nursery Class (0.2 miles), Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class (0.7 miles) and Craigton Primary School & Nursery Class (0.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Glasgow City publishes both.