John Paul Academy, GLASGOW
John Paul Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 85.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
John Paul Academy in detail
School in Scotland
John Paul 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.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 950 pupils and 12.6 pupils per teacher.
46% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 68% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 21% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 85.1% in 2024/25, and 47.9% 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 103% full.
93% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 94% 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 John Paul Academy are Boclair Academy (0.8 miles), Cleveden Secondary School (1.2 miles), Notre Dame High School (1.8 miles) and Knightswood Secondary School (1.9 miles).
Boclair AcademyCleveden Secondary SchoolNotre Dame High SchoolKnightswood Secondary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Summerston Rail Station, about 660 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Drumlaken Street (opposite), 70 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to John Paul Academy are St Blane's Primary School (0.1 miles), Parkview Primary School (0.2 miles), Caldercuilt Primary School (0.4 miles) and St Mary's Primary School (0.5 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Glasgow City publishes both.
St Blane's Primary SchoolParkview Primary SchoolCaldercuilt Primary SchoolSt Mary'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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of John Paul Academy in February 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
John Paul Academy, is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Summerston, Glasgow, Scotland. It mainly serves Summerston, Maryhill, Ruchill, Possilpark and Milton and has a capacity of 800–1000 pupils.
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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
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
0 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 John Paul Academy
When was John Paul Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of John Paul Academy in February 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as very good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for John Paul Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and John Paul 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 Glasgow City. Glasgow City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to John Paul Academy?
If you live in John Paul Academy'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 John Paul Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 0 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 John Paul Academy?
John Paul Academy is at 2 Arrochar Street, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G23 5LY.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)