Inverclyde Academy, Greenock
Inverclyde Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Greenock.
- Attendance
- 88.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Inverclyde Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Inverclyde 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.
Inverclyde Academy offers Gaelic-medium education.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 734 pupils and 12.5 pupils per teacher.
34% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 68% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 10% speak English as an additional language.
54% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 14% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 88.2% in 2024/25, and 43.2% 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 74% full.
94% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% 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 Inverclyde Academy are Clydeview Academy (0.9 miles), St Columba's High School (1 mile), Notre Dame High School (1.3 miles) and Hermitage Academy (5.7 miles).
Clydeview AcademySt Columba's High SchoolNotre Dame High SchoolHermitage Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Branchton Rail Station, about 440 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Westmorland Road (at), 130 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Inverclyde Academy are Aileymill Primary School (0.3 miles), St Andrew's Primary School (0.4 miles), St Joseph's Primary School (0.6 miles) and St Ninian's Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Inverclyde publishes both.
Aileymill Primary SchoolSt Andrew's Primary SchoolSt Joseph's Primary SchoolSt Ninian's Primary School
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Inverclyde Academy's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Inverclyde Academy is a secondary school in Greenock, Scotland that provides education to the majority of the Inverclyde area. The catchment area for the Academy stretches from the Inverclyde border at Wemyss Bay to Greenock's East End and Strone Farm areas.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
1 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 Inverclyde is 4 (the median across 30 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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
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Questions parents ask about Inverclyde Academy
What is the catchment area for Inverclyde Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Inverclyde Academy 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 Inverclyde. Inverclyde publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Inverclyde Academy?
If you live in Inverclyde Academy's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Inverclyde will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Inverclyde - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Inverclyde Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 1 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 Inverclyde is 4 (the median across 30 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Inverclyde Academy?
Inverclyde Academy is at Cumberland Road, Greenock, Greenock, PA16 0FB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)