St Andrew's and St Bride's High School, East Kilbride

St Andrew's and St Bride's 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 1736 pupils and 14.7 pupils per teacher.

15% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 37% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 10% speak English as an additional language.

4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 20% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 89.4% in 2024/25, and 33.6% 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 poor (C); the school was 115% full.

97% 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.

In its own words: "Click on the dots on our interactive street view below to find your way around our school. St Andrew’s and St Bride's High School aims to provide an atmosphere of love, care and understanding where the pupils and staff share a truly Christian concern for one another."

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are very proud of our school and our hope is that by browsing here for a few minutes you will gain an insight into our community and our aspirations for all of our young people."

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Andrew's and St Bride's High School are Calderglen High School (0.7 miles), Duncanrig Secondary School (1.5 miles), Cathkin High School (3.5 miles) and Calderside Academy (3.6 miles).

The nearest railway station is East Kilbride Rail Station, about 920 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Brides Church (opposite), 180 metres away.

The primary schools closest to St Andrew's and St Bride's High School are Blacklaw Primary School (0.4 miles), Maxwellton Primary School (0.6 miles), Halfmerke Primary School (0.6 miles) and St Hilary's Primary School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; South Lanarkshire publishes both.