Johnstone High School, JOHNSTONE
Johnstone High School is a secondary school for pupils in Johnstone.
- Attendance
- 85%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Johnstone High School in detail
School in Scotland
Johnstone High 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 867 pupils and 12.7 pupils per teacher.
18% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 48% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
20% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 85% in 2024/25, and 46.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as satisfactory (B); the school was 63% full.
96% of pupils who left in 2023/24 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.
Johnstone High School in its own words
In its own words: "Johnstone High School is a truly inclusive school that is committed to meeting the needs of all young people in its community. As a school, we take great pride in knowing every individual learner. We value, support and challenge each pupil to ensure they maximise their potential."
Coming up: an open evening on Friday 29 January 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Renfrewshire
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Johnstone High School are St Benedict's High School (1.6 miles), Linwood High School (1.9 miles), Gleniffer High School (2.6 miles) and Gryffe High School (3.2 miles).
St Benedict's High SchoolLinwood High SchoolGleniffer High SchoolGryffe High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Milliken Park Rail Station, about 570 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Craigbog Avenue (near), 250 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Johnstone High School are Fordbank Primary School (0.3 miles), St David's Primary School (0.4 miles), Cochrane Castle Primary (0.4 miles) and St Anthony's Primary School (0.5 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Renfrewshire publishes both.
Fordbank Primary SchoolSt David's Primary SchoolCochrane Castle PrimarySt Anthony'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 Johnstone High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Latest from Johnstone High School
West College Scotland Courses
24 Jun 2026
UWS Foundation Academy Visit
12 Jun 2026
New Pupil Timetables 2026_2027
22 May 2026
Renfrewshire Council Mental Health and Wellbeing Survey 2026
27 Mar 2026
2026 Young Enterprise Team - Bound to Bloom
17 Mar 2026
Options Information Evening 03/02/26
30 Jan 2026
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 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
Questions parents ask about Johnstone High School
What is the catchment area for Johnstone High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Johnstone High 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 Renfrewshire. Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Johnstone High School?
If you live in Johnstone High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Johnstone High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Johnstone High School?
Johnstone High School is at Beith Road, JOHNSTONE, JOHNSTONE, PA5 0JN.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)