Holyrood Secondary School, GLASGOW
Holyrood Secondary School is a secondary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 88.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Holyrood Secondary School in detail
School in Scotland
Holyrood 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 2298 pupils and 14.5 pupils per teacher.
32% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 61% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 45% speak English as an additional language.
46% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 88.5% in 2024/25, and 38.1% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 98% full.
92% 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Holyrood Secondary School are Shawlands Academy (1.2 miles), King's Park Secondary School (1.3 miles), St Mungo's Academy (1.9 miles) and St Margaret Mary's Secondary School (2.1 miles).
Shawlands AcademyKing's Park Secondary SchoolSt Mungo's AcademySt Margaret Mary's Secondary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Crosshill Rail Station, about 280 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Nutberry Court (at), 230 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Holyrood Secondary School are Holy Cross Primary School (0.3 miles), Annette Street Primary School (0.4 miles), St Bride's Primary School (0.6 miles) and Mount Florida 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.
Holy Cross Primary SchoolAnnette Street Primary SchoolSt Bride's Primary SchoolMount Florida Primary School & Nursery Class
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 Holyrood Secondary School in December 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
Holyrood Secondary School is a Roman Catholic secondary school in the south-side of Glasgow, Scotland. It is notable for its comparatively large secondary school enrollment, having had over 2,000 pupils and 150 teaching staff.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 26
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 8
- Children hurt
- 7
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 26 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 8 serious and 17 slight.
7 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.
6 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 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 Holyrood Secondary School
When was Holyrood Secondary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Holyrood Secondary School in December 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Holyrood Secondary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Holyrood Secondary 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 Glasgow City. Glasgow City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Holyrood Secondary School?
If you live in Holyrood Secondary School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Glasgow City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Glasgow City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Holyrood Secondary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 26 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 8 serious and 17 slight. 7 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot and 2 on a bicycle. 6 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 Glasgow City is 12 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Holyrood Secondary School?
Holyrood Secondary School is at 100 Dixon Road, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G42 8AU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)