Trinity High School, RENFREW
Trinity High School is a secondary school for pupils in Renfrew. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 87.8%
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 1026 pupils and 14 pupils per teacher.
16% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 50% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 15% speak English as an additional language.
26% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 19% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 87.8% in 2024/25, and 42.5% 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 poor (C); the school was 99% full.
94% 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Trinity High School are Renfrew High School (0.4 miles), St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School (2 miles), Jordanhill School (2.1 miles) and Knightswood Secondary School (2.1 miles).
Renfrew High SchoolSt Thomas Aquinas Secondary SchoolJordanhill SchoolKnightswood Secondary School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Yoker Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fauldshead Road (before), 80 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Trinity High School are Kirklandneuk Primary School (0.5 miles), St James's Primary School (Renfrew) (0.5 miles), Newmains Primary School (0.6 miles) and Arkleston Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Renfrewshire publishes both.
Kirklandneuk Primary SchoolSt James's Primary School (Renfrew)Newmains Primary SchoolArkleston 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 Trinity High School in May 2024.
- 1.3 Leadership of changevery good
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentgood
- 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusionvery good
- 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.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Trinity High School
Getting There
Ferry Terminals
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 17
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 9
- Children hurt
- 5
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, 9 serious and 8 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 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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Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
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Questions parents ask about Trinity High School
When was Trinity High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Trinity High School in May 2024. Inspectors evaluated leadership of change as very good; learning, teaching and assessment as good; ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion as very good and raising attainment and achievement as good, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
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 Renfrewshire. Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Renfrewshire - 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 17 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 8 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 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 Renfrewshire is 4 (the median across 69 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Trinity High School?
Trinity High School is at Glebe Street, RENFREW, RENFREW, PA4 8TP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)