Hillhead High School, GLASGOW

Hillhead 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 1041 pupils and 13.1 pupils per teacher.

31% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 69% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 42% speak English as an additional language.

37% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 24% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 89.6% in 2024/25, and 35.1% 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 poor (C); the school was 95% full.

95% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Hillhead High School are Notre Dame High School (0.6 miles), Glasgow Gaelic School (0.7 miles), Hyndland Secondary School (1 mile) and Cleveden Secondary School (1.1 miles).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Kelvinbridge SPT Subway Station, about 360 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hamilton Park Avenue (opposite), 190 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Hillhead High School are Hillhead Primary School (0.2 miles), St Charles' Primary School (0.4 miles), Dunard Primary School & Nursery Class (0.6 miles) and Notre Dame Primary School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Glasgow City publishes both.