Linwood High School, LINWOOD
Linwood High School is a secondary school for pupils in Linwood.
- Attendance
- 85.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Linwood High School in detail
School in Scotland
Linwood 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 419 pupils and 9.6 pupils per teacher.
27% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
27% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 85.9% in 2024/25, and 44.9% 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 good (A); the school was 73% full.
93% of pupils who left in 2021/22 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.
Linwood High School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, photography and Duke of Edinburgh.
The school runs a breakfast club from 8:20am.
Coming up: an open evening on Wednesday 24 February 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Renfrewshire
Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Linwood High School are St Benedict's High School (0.3 miles), Johnstone High School (1.9 miles), Gryffe High School (2 miles) and Gleniffer High School (2.6 miles).
St Benedict's High SchoolJohnstone High SchoolGryffe High SchoolGleniffer High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Johnstone Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Weeple Drive (near), 100 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Linwood High School are East Fulton Primary School (0.2 miles), Our Lady Of Peace Primary School (0.2 miles), Woodlands Primary School (0.3 miles) and Thorn Primary School (1 mile). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Renfrewshire publishes both.
East Fulton Primary SchoolOur Lady Of Peace Primary SchoolWoodlands Primary SchoolThorn 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 Linwood High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Linwood High School is a non-denominational comprehensive state secondary school in Linwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
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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
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 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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Questions parents ask about Linwood High School
What is the catchment area for Linwood High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Linwood 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 Linwood High School?
If you live in Linwood 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 Linwood High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 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 Linwood High School?
Linwood High School is at Stirling Drive, LINWOOD, LINWOOD, PA3 3NB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)