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Linburn Academy

SpecialMixedCouncilInter-denominational50 pupilsGlasgowGlasgow City
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 getting extra support100%Scotland 39%
Pupils per teacher3.5Scotland 14.1
Pupils on roll50Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Linburn Academy is a council school in Glasgow for boys and girls. It has 50 pupils. About 100 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Scotland.

77 Linburn Road, GLASGOW, Glasgow, G52 4EX0141 883 2082linburn-sec.glasgow.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 Linburn 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 Glasgow City council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll50Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support100%Additional support needs
NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 2 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 353520222023: 404020232024: 484820242025: 515120252026: 50502026
Since 2022: +15
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll5051484035
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals70.6%100.0%100.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language17.6%16.7%20.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio3.53.73.54.03.83.23.4

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers14.1full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher3.5Scotland 14.1

Nearby schools

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

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Hillington Primary SchoolCouncil500 m217HMIE, no open dataCompare
St George's Primary SchoolCouncil530 m169HMIE, no open dataCompare
Sandwood Primary SchoolCouncil720 m283HMIE, no open dataCompare
Ralston Primary SchoolCouncil810 m375HMIE, no open dataCompare
Rosshall AcademyCouncil0.9 miles1,198HMIE, no open dataCompare
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School & Nursery ClassCouncil1.0 miles330HMIE, no open dataCompare
Arkleston Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles306HMIE, no open dataCompare
Cardonald Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles263HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Linburn Academy a good school?

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

How many pupils does Linburn Academy have?

50 pupils 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
77 Linburn Road, GLASGOW, Glasgow, G52 4EX
Telephone
0141 883 2082
Website
www.linburn-sec.glasgow.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Special school
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Inter-denominational
Local authority
Glasgow City
Setting
Large urban areas
SEED code
8443645
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from