Lourdes Secondary School, GLASGOW
Lourdes Secondary School is a secondary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 89.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Lourdes Secondary School in detail
School in Scotland
Lourdes 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 1540 pupils and 13.1 pupils per teacher.
35% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 56% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 26% speak English as an additional language.
58% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 3% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.1% in 2024/25, and 35.9% 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 91% 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 Lourdes Secondary School are Rosshall Academy (0.8 miles), Govan High School (1 mile), St Paul's High School (1.4 miles) and Bellahouston Academy (1.6 miles).
Rosshall AcademyGovan High SchoolSt Paul's High SchoolBellahouston Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Mosspark Rail Station, about 550 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lourdes Secondary School (at), 180 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Lourdes Secondary School are Our Lady Of The Rosary Primary School & Nursery Class (0.2 miles), Cardonald Primary School (0.3 miles), Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery Class (0.4 miles) and Mosspark Primary School & Nursery Class (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Glasgow City publishes both.
Our Lady Of The Rosary Primary School & Nursery ClassCardonald Primary SchoolOur Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery ClassMosspark Primary School & Nursery Class
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 Lourdes Secondary School in November 2022.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
Lourdes Secondary School, established in 1956, is a school in the south-west of Glasgow which serves a large catchment area, including the communities of Cardonald, Craigton, Crookston, Drumoyne, Govan, Hillington, Ibrox, Kinning Park, Mosspark, Penilee and Pollok. It has an enrolment of approximately 1,200 pupils and 90 members of staff.
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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
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 18
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 12 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
2 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 Lourdes Secondary School
When was Lourdes Secondary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Lourdes Secondary School in November 2022. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Lourdes Secondary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Lourdes Secondary 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 Glasgow City. Glasgow City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Lourdes Secondary School?
If you live in Lourdes Secondary School'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 Lourdes Secondary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 12 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 2 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 Lourdes Secondary School?
Lourdes Secondary School is at 47 Kirriemuir Avenue, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G52 3DF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)