Hillpark Secondary School, GLASGOW

Hillpark Secondary 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 1165 pupils and 12.1 pupils per teacher.

37% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 49% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 19% speak English as an additional language.

49% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 84.8% in 2024/25, and 49.4% 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 93% full.

93% 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 Hillpark Secondary School are Woodfarm High School (0.9 miles), St Ninian's High School (1 mile), Shawlands Academy (1.3 miles) and St Paul's High School (1.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Thornliebank Rail Station, about 950 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

25 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Alder Place (opposite), 110 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Hillpark Secondary School are Tinto Primary School (0.3 miles), Thornliebank Primary School (0.7 miles), Giffnock Primary School (0.8 miles) and St Conval's Primary School (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Glasgow City publishes both.