St Ambrose High School, Coatbridge

St Ambrose 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 1534 pupils and 15.5 pupils per teacher.

11% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 35% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 9% speak English as an additional language.

26% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 89.6% in 2024/25, and 37.4% 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 104% full.

95% of pupils who left in 2024/25 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.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Ambrose High School are Coatbridge High School (1.4 miles), St Andrew's High School (1.6 miles), Lochend Community High School (2.3 miles) and Airdrie Academy (2.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Blairhill Rail Station, about 530 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mosspark Road (after), 80 metres away.

The primary schools closest to St Ambrose High School are St Bartholomew's Primary School (0.3 miles), Townhead Primary School (0.5 miles), Langloan Primary School (0.9 miles) and St Augustine's Primary School (1 mile). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; North Lanarkshire publishes both.