McLaren High School, Callander
McLaren High School is a secondary school for pupils in Callander.
- Attendance
- 89.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
McLaren High School in detail
School in Scotland
McLaren 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 669 pupils and 11.6 pupils per teacher.
8% 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.
Attendance was 89.7% in 2024/25, and 28.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 83% full.
94% of pupils who left in 2023/24 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 97% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of McLaren High School.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is McLaren High School (at), 50 metres away.
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 McLaren High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
McLaren High School is a state comprehensive, non-denominational secondary school in Callander, central Scotland. It was founded in 1892 by Donald McLaren, and is part of Stirling Council.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
Keep up with McLaren High School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
The typical figure for schools in Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 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 McLaren High School
What is the catchment area for McLaren High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and McLaren 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 Stirling. Stirling publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to McLaren High School?
If you live in McLaren High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Stirling will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Stirling - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near McLaren High School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 schools, same distance and years).
Where is McLaren High School?
McLaren High School is at Mollands Road, Callander, Callander, FK17 8JH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)