Paisley Grammar School, PAISLEY

Paisley Grammar 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 1067 pupils and 13 pupils per teacher.

18% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 48% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.

40% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 18% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 86.9% in 2024/25, and 46.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 80% full.

97% of pupils who left in 2024/25 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 Paisley Grammar School are Castlehead High School (0.9 miles), St Andrew's Academy (1.3 miles), Rosshall Academy (1.9 miles) and Renfrew High School (2 miles).

The nearest railway station is Paisley Gilmour Street Rail Station, about 820 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is McKerrell Street (at), 70 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Paisley Grammar School are Williamsburgh Primary School (0.2 miles), St John Ogilvie Primary School (0.3 miles), St Catherine's Primary School (0.5 miles) and Gallowhill Primary School (0.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Renfrewshire publishes both.