Hermitage Academy, Helensburgh

Hermitage 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 1339 pupils and 13.9 pupils per teacher.

10% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.

9% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 21% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 89.1% in 2024/25, and 37.5% 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 good (A); the school was 79% full.

97% of pupils who left in 2023/24 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 97% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Hermitage Academy are Notre Dame High School (4.7 miles), Clydeview Academy (4.9 miles) and Inverclyde Academy (5.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Craigendoran Rail Station, about 640 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hermitage Academy (at), 160 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Hermitage Academy are Colgrain Primary School (0.6 miles), St Joseph's Primary School (0.9 miles), John Logie Baird Primary School (1 mile) and Hermitage Primary School (1.3 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Argyll & Bute publishes both.