Kilsyth Academy, GLASGOW
Kilsyth Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 90.3%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Kilsyth Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Kilsyth 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 428 pupils and 9.8 pupils per teacher.
15% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 41% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
14% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.3% in 2024/25, and 33.1% 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 40% 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 Kilsyth Academy are St Maurice's High School (2.9 miles), Our Lady's High School - Cumbernauld (3.5 miles), Greenfaulds High School (3.8 miles) and Kirkintilloch High School (3.9 miles).
St Maurice's High SchoolOur Lady's High School - CumbernauldGreenfaulds High SchoolKirkintilloch High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Croy Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.
21 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Montrose Gardens (after), 170 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Kilsyth Academy are Balmalloch Primary School (0.3 miles), St Patrick's Primary School (Kilsyth) (0.5 miles), Kilsyth Primary School (0.6 miles) and Chapelgreen Primary School (1.3 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; North Lanarkshire publishes both.
Balmalloch Primary SchoolSt Patrick's Primary School (Kilsyth)Kilsyth Primary SchoolChapelgreen 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 Kilsyth Academy in May 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 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.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Kilsyth Academy
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- 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, 1 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 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.
Commute and house prices
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Kilsyth Academy
When was Kilsyth Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Kilsyth Academy in May 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Kilsyth Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Kilsyth 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 North Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Kilsyth Academy?
If you live in Kilsyth Academy's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and North Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to North Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Kilsyth Academy?
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, 1 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 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 North Lanarkshire is 5 (the median across 153 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Kilsyth Academy?
Kilsyth Academy is at Balmalloch, Kilsyth, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G65 9NF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)