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Bishopbriggs Academy

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational1,370 pupilsBishopbriggsEast Dunbartonshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals6%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support33%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher12.7Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas1%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll1,370Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Bishopbriggs Academy is a council school in Bishopbriggs for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,370 pupils. About 6 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Wester Cleddens Road, Bishopbriggs, Bishopbriggs, G64 1HZ0141 955 2351bishopbriggs.e-dunbarton.sch.ukAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Bishopbriggs Academy.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through East Dunbartonshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll1,370Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals6%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support33%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English5%First language is not English
Pupils taught in Gaelic5%
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas1%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas54%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to S4 are about the same size. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
240S1
240S2
238S3
258S4
209S5
185S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 1,2381,23820222023: 1,2521,25220232024: 1,2941,29420242025: 1,3341,33420252026: 1,3701,3702026
Since 2022: +132
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1,3701,3341,2941,2521,238
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals5.6%6.5%7.1%6.2%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)33.1%29.8%29.4%29.2%26.7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language5.0%9.8%9.7%8.1%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio12.712.412.311.811.812.212.5

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers108.3full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher12.7Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Turnbull High SchoolCouncil1.3 miles664HMIE, no open dataCompare
All Saints Secondary SchoolCouncil1.6 miles955HMIE, no open dataCompare
Springburn AcademyCouncil1.8 miles876HMIE, no open dataCompare
Lenzie AcademyCouncil2.1 miles1,365HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Ninian's High SchoolCouncil2.5 miles888HMIE, no open dataCompare
Smithycroft Secondary SchoolCouncil2.6 miles940HMIE, no open dataCompare
East Dunbartonshire Central SchoolCouncil2.7 miles1HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Roch's Secondary SchoolCouncil3.0 miles758HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Bishopbriggs Academy a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Bishopbriggs Academy yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Bishopbriggs Academy have?

1,370 pupils aged 11 to 18 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Wester Cleddens Road, Bishopbriggs, Bishopbriggs, G64 1HZ
Telephone
0141 955 2351
Website
www.bishopbriggs.e-dunbarton.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
East Dunbartonshire
Setting
Large urban areas
SEED code
8340030
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from