Williamwood High School, GLASGOW
Williamwood High School is a secondary school for pupils in Glasgow.
- Attendance
- 92.1%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Williamwood High School in detail
School in Scotland
Williamwood 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 1664 pupils and 12.1 pupils per teacher.
30% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
1% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 80% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 92.1% in 2024/25, and 20% 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 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 98% 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 Williamwood High School are Mearns Castle High School (1.2 miles), St Ninian's High School (1.8 miles), Eastwood High School (2.1 miles) and Woodfarm High School (2.3 miles).
Mearns Castle High SchoolSt Ninian's High SchoolEastwood High SchoolWoodfarm High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Busby Rail Station, about 1040 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Low Flender Road (opposite), 110 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Williamwood High School are St Joseph's Primary School (0.2 miles), Carolside Primary School (0.4 miles), Busby Primary School (0.5 miles) and Kirkhill Primary School (1 mile). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; East Renfrewshire publishes both.
St Joseph's Primary SchoolCarolside Primary SchoolBusby Primary SchoolKirkhill 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 Williamwood High School in April 2025.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentvery good
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementexcellent
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
Williamwood High School is a non-denominational state secondary school in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. As of 2024, the school contained 1678 pupils out of a capacity of 1710, making it one of the biggest state schools in Scotland.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
Keep up with Williamwood High School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
The typical figure for schools in East Renfrewshire is 3 (the median across 33 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 Williamwood High School
When was Williamwood High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Williamwood High School in April 2025. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as very good and raising attainment and achievement as excellent, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Williamwood High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Williamwood 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 East Renfrewshire. East Renfrewshire publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Williamwood High School?
If you live in Williamwood High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Renfrewshire will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Renfrewshire - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Williamwood High School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in East Renfrewshire is 3 (the median across 33 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Williamwood High School?
Williamwood High School is at Eaglesham Road, Clarkston, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G76 8RF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)