Springburn Academy, GLASGOW

Springburn 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 876 pupils and 13.5 pupils per teacher.

56% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 73% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 32% speak English as an additional language.

86% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 1% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 82.4% in 2024/25, and 51.3% 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 92% full.

91% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 91% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Springburn Academy are All Saints Secondary School (1 mile), St Roch's Secondary School (1.2 miles), Turnbull High School (1.7 miles) and Whitehill Secondary School (1.8 miles).

The nearest railway station is Springburn Rail Station, about 480 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

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

The primary schools closest to Springburn Academy are Elmvale Primary School & Nursery Class (0.2 miles), St Martha's Primary School (0.4 miles), Balornock Primary School (0.4 miles) and St Catherine's Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Glasgow City publishes both.