Knightswood Secondary School, GLASGOW

Knightswood 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 1210 pupils and 13.9 pupils per teacher.

36% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 64% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 25% speak English as an additional language.

49% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 86.7% in 2024/25, and 43% 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 86% 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.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Knightswood Secondary School are Jordanhill School (0.4 miles), St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School (0.7 miles), Cleveden Secondary School (1.4 miles) and Hyndland Secondary School (1.4 miles).

The nearest railway station is Anniesland Rail Station, about 980 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Knightswood Road (after), 100 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Knightswood Secondary School are Knightswood Primary School (0.4 miles), Corpus Christi Primary School (0.5 miles), Scotstoun Primary School (0.9 miles) and St Ninian's Primary School (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Glasgow City publishes both.