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Woodfarm High School, GLASGOW

Secondary
Local Authority
Mixed
Non-denominational

Woodfarm High School is a secondary school for pupils in Glasgow.

Attendance
91.5%
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Data last updated 25 Oct 2026

Woodfarm High School in detail

School in Scotland

Woodfarm 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 686 pupils and 9.5 pupils per teacher.

10% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 15% speak English as an additional language.

7% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 50% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 91.5% in 2024/25, and 27.1% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 69% 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 Woodfarm High School are St Ninian's High School (0.4 miles), Hillpark Secondary School (0.9 miles), Eastwood High School (1.3 miles) and St Paul's High School (1.8 miles).

St Ninian's High SchoolHillpark Secondary SchoolEastwood High SchoolSt Paul's High School

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Thornliebank Rail Station, about 850 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woodfarm High School (opposite), 90 metres away.

Primary schools nearby

The primary schools closest to Woodfarm High School are Our Lady Of The Missions Primary School (0.2 miles), Thornliebank Primary School (0.4 miles), St Vincent's Primary School (0.7 miles) and Giffnock Primary School (0.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; East Renfrewshire publishes both.

Our Lady Of The Missions Primary SchoolThornliebank Primary SchoolSt Vincent's Primary SchoolGiffnock Primary School

Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)

Location

Key Information

Scottish Government
LA:East Renfrewshire
Phone:0141 577 2600
Address:Robslee Road, Thornliebank, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G46 7HG
Centre type:Local Authority
Status:open

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Woodfarm High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.

URN:8601836

About

Woodfarm High School is a Scottish comprehensive secondary school in Woodfarm, East Renfrewshire. It has a roll of approximately 700 pupils.

From Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

At a Glance

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Special Measures

Keep up with Woodfarm High School

Getting There

Train Stations

Thornliebank Rail Station
849m · 14 min walk

Bus Stops

Woodfarm High School (opp)
88m · 1 min walk
Inglestone Avenue (before)
222m · 4 min walk
Moorburn Avenue (opp)
301m · 5 min walk
Heathwood Drive (before)
342m · 6 min walk
Woodlands Road (before)
381m · 6 min walk

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
5
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Children hurt
1

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, 1 serious and 4 slight.

1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.

2 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 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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Questions parents ask about Woodfarm High School

What is the catchment area for Woodfarm High School?

Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Woodfarm 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 Woodfarm High School?

If you live in Woodfarm 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 Woodfarm 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, 1 serious and 4 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 2 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 East Renfrewshire is 3 (the median across 33 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Woodfarm High School?

Woodfarm High School is at Robslee Road, Thornliebank, GLASGOW, GLASGOW, G46 7HG.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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