Strathaven Academy, Strathaven
Strathaven Academy is a secondary school for pupils in Strathaven.
- Attendance
- 91.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Strathaven Academy in detail
School in Scotland
Strathaven Academy 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 993 pupils and 13.2 pupils per teacher.
6% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 36% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
2% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 49% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 91.7% in 2024/25, and 24.8% 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 97% full.
97% of pupils who left in 2023/24 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.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Strathaven Academy.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is West Church (at), 200 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Strathaven Academy are Kirklandpark Primary School (0.4 miles), St Patrick's Primary School (0.5 miles), Wester Overton Primary School (0.6 miles) and Sandford Primary School (1.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; South Lanarkshire publishes both.
Kirklandpark Primary SchoolSt Patrick's Primary SchoolWester Overton Primary SchoolSandford 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 Strathaven Academy in December 2023.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementvery good
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
Strathaven Academy is a non-denominational secondary school in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Strathaven Academy
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 6
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 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
Questions parents ask about Strathaven Academy
When was Strathaven Academy last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Strathaven Academy in December 2023. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as good and raising attainment and achievement as very good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Strathaven Academy?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Strathaven Academy 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 South Lanarkshire. South Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Strathaven Academy?
If you live in Strathaven Academy's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and South Lanarkshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to South Lanarkshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Strathaven Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Strathaven Academy?
Strathaven Academy is at Bowling Green Road, Strathaven, Strathaven, ML10 6DP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)