St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, GLASGOW

St Thomas Aquinas 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 1137 pupils and 13 pupils per teacher.

44% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 58% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 34% speak English as an additional language.

63% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 89.7% in 2024/25, and 32.4% 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 105% full.

97% of pupils who left in 2019/20 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 91% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School are Jordanhill School (0.3 miles), Knightswood Secondary School (0.7 miles), Hyndland Secondary School (1 mile) and Cleveden Secondary School (1.3 miles).

The nearest railway station is Jordanhill Rail Station, about 670 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Westbrae Drive (after), 90 metres away.

The primary schools closest to St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School are Scotstoun Primary School (0.4 miles), St Paul's (Whiteinch) Primary School (0.5 miles), Whiteinch Primary School (0.5 miles) and Broomhill 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.