St Oswald's Secondary School, GLASGOW
St Oswald's Secondary School is a special school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 90.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Oswald's Secondary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Oswald'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 52 pupils and 3.4 pupils per teacher.
100% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 19% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 90.7% in 2024/25, and 28.9% 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).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other special schools to St Oswald's Secondary School are Kirkriggs Primary School (1.1 miles), Middlefield School (1.6 miles), Rutherglen High School (2.3 miles) and Hollybrook Academy (2.4 miles).
Kirkriggs Primary SchoolMiddlefield SchoolRutherglen High SchoolHollybrook Academy
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.
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 Oswald's Secondary School in May 2023.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
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Getting There
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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 Oswald's Secondary School
When was St Oswald's Secondary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Oswald's Secondary School in May 2023. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Oswald's Secondary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Oswald'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 Oswald's Secondary School?
If you live in St Oswald'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 Oswald'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 Oswald's Secondary School?
St Oswald's Secondary School is at 9 Brigidale Road, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G45 9NJ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)