Hyndland Secondary School, GLASGOW
Hyndland Secondary School is a secondary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 93.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Hyndland Secondary School in detail
School in Scotland
Hyndland 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 1037 pupils and 14 pupils per teacher.
18% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 54% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 26% speak English as an additional language.
24% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 45% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.7% in 2024/25, and 18% 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 109% full.
97% of pupils who left in 2024/25 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Hyndland Secondary School are Notre Dame High School (0.4 miles), Cleveden Secondary School (0.7 miles), Hillhead High School (1 mile) and St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School (1 mile).
Notre Dame High SchoolCleveden Secondary SchoolHillhead High SchoolSt Thomas Aquinas Secondary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Hyndland Rail Station, about 430 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Polworth Street (after), 50 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Hyndland Secondary School are Hyndland Primary School (0.2 miles), Notre Dame Primary School (0.4 miles), Broomhill Primary School (0.5 miles) and Thornwood Primary School & Nursery Class (0.5 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Glasgow City publishes both.
Hyndland Primary SchoolNotre Dame Primary SchoolBroomhill Primary SchoolThornwood 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 Hyndland Secondary School in January 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentexcellent
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementexcellent
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
Hyndland Secondary School is a non-denominational state comprehensive school in the Hyndland area of Glasgow, Scotland.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
Keep up with Hyndland Secondary School
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
2 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 Hyndland Secondary School
When was Hyndland Secondary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Hyndland Secondary School in January 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as excellent and raising attainment and achievement as excellent, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Hyndland Secondary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Hyndland 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 Hyndland Secondary School?
If you live in Hyndland 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 Hyndland Secondary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 2 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 Hyndland Secondary School?
Hyndland Secondary School is at 74 Lauderdale Gardens, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G12 9RQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)