Notre Dame High School, Greenock

Notre Dame 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 897 pupils and 11.6 pupils per teacher.

32% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.

53% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 89.9% in 2024/25, and 36.6% 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 98% full.

95% of pupils who left in 2023/24 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Notre Dame High School are Clydeview Academy (1.2 miles), Inverclyde Academy (1.3 miles), St Columba's High School (1.9 miles) and Hermitage Academy (4.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Drumfrochar Rail Station, about 80 metres away (roughly a 1-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hibernia Street (opposite), 140 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Notre Dame High School are Whinhill Primary School (0.3 miles), St Patrick's Primary School (0.3 miles), Lady Alice Primary School (0.5 miles) and Ardgowan Primary School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Inverclyde publishes both.