St Roch's Secondary School, GLASGOW
St Roch's Secondary School is a secondary school for pupils in Glasgow. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 87.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Roch's Secondary School in detail
School in Scotland
St Roch'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 758 pupils and 10.4 pupils per teacher.
50% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 69% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 41% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 87.8% in 2024/25, and 42.3% 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 80% full.
100% 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 Roch's Secondary School are Whitehill Secondary School (0.8 miles), St Mungo's Academy (1.1 miles), Springburn Academy (1.2 miles) and All Saints Secondary School (1.6 miles).
Whitehill Secondary SchoolSt Mungo's AcademySpringburn AcademyAll Saints Secondary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Barnhill Rail Station, about 1110 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).
20 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rhymer Street (after), 40 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to St Roch's Secondary School are Royston Primary School (under 0.1 miles), St Mungo's Primary School & Nursery Class (0.4 miles), St Roch's Primary School (0.4 miles) and Alexandra Parade 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.
Royston Primary SchoolSt Mungo's Primary School & Nursery ClassSt Roch's Primary SchoolAlexandra Parade 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 Roch's Secondary School in March 2025.
- 1.3 Leadership of changegood
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusiongood
- 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. Roch's Secondary School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in Royston, Glasgow.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 26
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 8
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 26 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 18 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.
7 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 Roch's Secondary School
When was St Roch's Secondary School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of St Roch's Secondary School in March 2025. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for St Roch's Secondary School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Roch'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 Roch's Secondary School?
If you live in St Roch'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 Roch's Secondary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 26 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 18 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 7 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 Roch's Secondary School?
St Roch's Secondary School is at 25 Rhymer Street, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G21 2NF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)