St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch
St Ninian's High School is a secondary school for pupils in Kirkintilloch. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 88.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Ninian's High School in detail
School in Scotland
St Ninian'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 888 pupils and 10.7 pupils per teacher.
14% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 35% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
15% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 25% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 88.1% in 2024/25, and 38.5% 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 105% full.
96% 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.
St Ninian's High School in its own words
In its own words: "Our aims at St. Ninian's High School highlight the importance of the individual which is in keeping with the Catholic ethos we promote. As a school, we aim:"
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to St Ninian's High School are East Dunbartonshire Central School (0.3 miles), Lenzie Academy (0.7 miles), Kirkintilloch High School (1.3 miles) and Bishopbriggs Academy (2.5 miles).
East Dunbartonshire Central SchoolLenzie AcademyKirkintilloch High SchoolBishopbriggs Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Lenzie Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bellvue Road (before), 340 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to St Ninian's High School are Lairdsland Primary School (0.3 miles), Holy Family Primary School (0.6 miles), Hillhead Primary School (0.8 miles) and Lenzie Meadow Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; East Dunbartonshire publishes both.
Lairdsland Primary SchoolHoly Family Primary SchoolHillhead Primary SchoolLenzie Meadow 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find St Ninian's High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with St Ninian's High School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
1 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 East Dunbartonshire is 2 (the median across 45 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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
St Ninian's High School
Questions parents ask about St Ninian's High School
What is the catchment area for St Ninian's High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Ninian's High 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 East Dunbartonshire. East Dunbartonshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Ninian's High School?
If you live in St Ninian's High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Dunbartonshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Dunbartonshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Ninian's High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 1 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 East Dunbartonshire is 2 (the median across 45 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Ninian's High School?
St Ninian's High School is at Bellfield Road, Kirkintilloch, Kirkintilloch, G66 1DT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)