St Margaret Mary's Secondary School, GLASGOW
St Margaret Mary's Secondary School is a secondary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 86.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Margaret Mary's Secondary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Margaret Mary's Secondary 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 440 pupils and 10.7 pupils per teacher.
51% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 69% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 19% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 86.8% in 2024/25, and 49% 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 55% full.
86% of pupils who left in 2017/18 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 88% 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 St Margaret Mary's Secondary School are Castlemilk High School (0.3 miles), King's Park Secondary School (0.8 miles), Stonelaw High School (2 miles) and Holyrood Secondary School (2.1 miles).
Castlemilk High SchoolKing's Park Secondary SchoolStonelaw High SchoolHolyrood Secondary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Croftfoot Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Downcraig Road (opposite), 130 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to St Margaret Mary's Secondary School are Castleton Primary School (0.2 miles), John Paul II Primary School (0.3 miles), Miller Primary School (0.4 miles) and St Bartholomew's 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.
Castleton Primary SchoolJohn Paul II Primary SchoolMiller Primary SchoolSt Bartholomew's 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 St Margaret Mary's Secondary School in May 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
St Margaret Mary's Secondary School is a co-educational, Roman Catholic, comprehensive secondary school located in Castlemilk, Glasgow, Scotland.
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 9 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot.
3 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 St Margaret Mary's Secondary School
When was St Margaret Mary's Secondary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Margaret Mary's Secondary School in May 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Margaret Mary's Secondary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Margaret Mary's Secondary School 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 St Margaret Mary's Secondary School?
If you live in St Margaret Mary's Secondary School'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 St Margaret Mary's Secondary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 9 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot. 3 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 St Margaret Mary's Secondary School?
St Margaret Mary's Secondary School is at 9 Birgidale Road, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G45 9NJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)