St Mungo's Academy, GLASGOW
St Mungo's Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 85.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Mungo's Academy in detail
School in Scotland
St Mungo's 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 1089 pupils and 14.4 pupils per teacher.
52% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 68% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 36% speak English as an additional language.
84% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 85.7% in 2024/25, and 48.5% 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 good (A); the school was 99% full.
94% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% 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 Mungo's Academy are Whitehill Secondary School (0.6 miles), St Roch's Secondary School (1.1 miles), Smithycroft Secondary School (1.9 miles) and Holyrood Secondary School (1.9 miles).
Whitehill Secondary SchoolSt Roch's Secondary SchoolSmithycroft Secondary SchoolHolyrood Secondary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Bellgrove Rail Station, about 380 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Mungo's Academy (opposite), 70 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to St Mungo's Academy are St Anne's Primary School (0.2 miles), St Denis' Primary School (0.5 miles), Dalmarnock Primary School (0.5 miles) and Sacred Heart Primary School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Glasgow City publishes both.
St Anne's Primary SchoolSt Denis' Primary SchoolDalmarnock Primary SchoolSacred Heart 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 Mungo's Academy in March 2024.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 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
St Mungo's Academy is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, comprehensive, secondary school located in Gallowgate, Glasgow. The school was founded in 1858 by the Marist Brothers religious order.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 30
- Fatal
- 2
- Serious
- 9
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 30 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 9 serious and 19 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt.
6 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 Mungo's Academy
When was St Mungo's Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Mungo's Academy in March 2024. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Mungo's Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Mungo's 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 St Mungo's Academy?
If you live in St Mungo's 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 St Mungo's Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 30 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 9 serious and 19 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt. 6 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 Mungo's Academy?
St Mungo's Academy is at 235 Crownpoint Road, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G40 2RA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)