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Williamwood High School

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational1,664 pupilsGlasgowEast Renfrewshire
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 support30%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher12.1Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas1%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll1,664Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Williamwood High School is a council school in Glasgow for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,664 pupils. About 4 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Eaglesham Road, Clarkston, GLASGOW, Glasgow, G76 8RF0141 577 2500williamwood.e-renfrew.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 Williamwood High School.

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 Renfrewshire council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll1,664Census September 2025
Pupils getting extra support30%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English4%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas1%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas80%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 10 (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.
272S1
295S2
300S3
294S4
277S5
226S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 1,6541,65420222023: 1,6481,64820232024: 1,6681,66820242025: 1,6781,67820252026: 1,6641,6642026
Since 2022: +10
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1,6641,6781,6681,6481,654
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals3.7%4.0%3.6%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)29.8%29.5%24.6%26.5%28.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language4.1%5.1%4.9%4.6%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio12.111.911.612.511.811.711.6

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers137.9full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher12.1Scotland 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
Mearns Castle High SchoolCouncil1.2 miles1,636HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Ninian's High SchoolCouncil1.8 miles2,006HMIE, no open dataCompare
Eastwood High SchoolCouncil2.1 miles1,308HMIE, no open dataCompare
Woodfarm High SchoolCouncil2.3 miles686HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Margaret Mary's Secondary SchoolCouncil2.4 miles440HMIE, no open dataCompare
Castlemilk High SchoolCouncil2.5 miles449HMIE, no open dataCompare
Hillpark Secondary SchoolCouncil2.7 miles1,165HMIE, no open dataCompare
King's Park Secondary SchoolCouncil2.8 miles914HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Williamwood High School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Williamwood High School have?

1,664 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
Eaglesham Road, Clarkston, GLASGOW, Glasgow, G76 8RF
Telephone
0141 577 2500
Website
www.williamwood.e-renfrew.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 Renfrewshire
Setting
Large urban areas
SEED code
8602034
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from