Shawlands Academy, GLASGOW
Shawlands Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 86.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Shawlands Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Shawlands Academy 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 1472 pupils and 13.8 pupils per teacher.
28% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 57% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 36% speak English as an additional language.
23% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 18% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 86.6% in 2024/25, and 40.5% 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 poor (C); the school was 101% full.
98% 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Shawlands Academy are Holyrood Secondary School (1.2 miles), Hillpark Secondary School (1.3 miles), Bellahouston Academy (1.4 miles) and King's Park Secondary School (1.8 miles).
Holyrood Secondary SchoolHillpark Secondary SchoolBellahouston AcademyKing's Park Secondary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Crossmyloof Rail Station, about 330 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).
17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Old Parish Church (at), 130 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Shawlands Academy are Shawlands Primary School (0.1 miles), Langside Primary School (0.4 miles), St Conval's Primary School (0.4 miles) and Battlefield Primary School (0.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Glasgow City publishes both.
Shawlands Primary SchoolLangside Primary SchoolSt Conval's Primary SchoolBattlefield 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Shawlands Academy in March 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementgood
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
Shawlands Academy is a state secondary school in the Shawlands area of Glasgow, Scotland.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 24
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 24 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 20 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot.
4 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 Shawlands Academy
When was Shawlands Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Shawlands Academy in March 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Shawlands Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Shawlands Academy 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 Shawlands Academy?
If you live in Shawlands Academy'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 Shawlands Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 24 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 20 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot. 4 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 Shawlands Academy?
Shawlands Academy is at 31 Moss-side Road, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G41 3TR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)