Trinity High School, Rutherglen
Trinity High School is a secondary school for pupils in Rutherglen. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 89.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Trinity High School in detail
School in Scotland
Trinity 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 1270 pupils and 14.1 pupils per teacher.
21% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 39% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
29% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 13% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 89.6% in 2024/25, and 36.2% 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 101% full.
96% of pupils who left in 2024/25 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Trinity High School are Stonelaw High School (0.4 miles), Cathkin High School (0.6 miles), Castlemilk High School (2.2 miles) and Eastbank Academy (2.2 miles).
Stonelaw High SchoolCathkin High SchoolCastlemilk High SchoolEastbank Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Cambuslang Rail Station, about 860 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Glenside Drive (opposite), 160 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Trinity High School are Calderwood Primary School (0.5 miles), West Coats Primary School (0.6 miles), James Aiton Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Anthony's Primary School (0.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; South Lanarkshire publishes both.
Calderwood Primary SchoolWest Coats Primary SchoolJames Aiton Primary SchoolSt Anthony's 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 Trinity High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 5
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 3
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 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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Questions parents ask about Trinity High School
What is the catchment area for Trinity High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Trinity 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 South Lanarkshire. South Lanarkshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Trinity High School?
If you live in Trinity High School'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 Trinity High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 South Lanarkshire is 4 (the median across 150 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Trinity High School?
Trinity High School is at Glenside Drive, Rutherglen, Rutherglen, G73 3LW.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)