St Paul's High School, GLASGOW
St Paul's High School is a secondary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 88.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Paul's High School in detail
School in Scotland
St Paul'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 1083 pupils and 13.8 pupils per teacher.
43% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 56% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 22% speak English as an additional language.
65% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 88.2% in 2024/25, and 39.1% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 87% full.
92% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 94% 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 Paul's High School are Lourdes Secondary School (1.4 miles), Rosshall Academy (1.6 miles), Hillpark Secondary School (1.7 miles) and Woodfarm High School (1.8 miles).
Lourdes Secondary SchoolRosshall AcademyHillpark Secondary SchoolWoodfarm High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Priesthill & Darnley Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Damshot Road (before), 170 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to St Paul's High School are St Marnock's Primary School (0.5 miles), St Bernard's Primary School (0.7 miles), St Monica's Primary School (0.8 miles) and Crookston Castle Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Glasgow City publishes both.
St Marnock's Primary SchoolSt Bernard's Primary SchoolSt Monica's Primary SchoolCrookston Castle 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 Paul's High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
St Paul's High School is a co-educational, Roman Catholic, comprehensive secondary school located in Pollok, Glasgow, Scotland. It was built on the site of, and using some buildings from, the former Craigbank Secondary School, to replace the previous Catholic school in the area, Bellarmine Secondary, opening with its new identity in 2002.
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At a Glance
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Nursery
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 17
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 17 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 13 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
4 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 Paul's High School
What is the catchment area for St Paul's High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Paul'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 Glasgow City. Glasgow City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Paul's High School?
If you live in St Paul's High 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 Paul's High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 17 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 13 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 4 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 Paul's High School?
St Paul's High School is at 36 Damshot Road, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G53 5HW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)