Schools in the East Renfrewshire council area
East Renfrewshire has 32 schools listed on OfferDay across 3 towns.
24 primary schools · 7 secondary schools · 1 special or alternative provision school
About schools in East Renfrewshire
Most of the 32 schools listed in East Renfrewshire are primary schools. Its seven secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. One school here provides for children with additional needs.
Schools in East Renfrewshire are inspected by Education Scotland. Its inspectors evaluate a school against the How good is our school quality indicators rather than a single grade, and each page carries the inspection date with a link to the published report. Scotland does not release school-level attainment under an open licence, so these pages show the pupil-census figures its government does publish, among them the school roll and the spread of pupils across the most and least deprived areas. Treat a report as a starting point and visit before you decide.
Recently inspected in East Renfrewshire
The latest inspections in this area, newest first. Each links to the school's page, where the report and its framework are set out.
- Mearns Castle High School Education Scotland, 28 April 2026
- Calderwood Lodge P School Education Scotland, 20 January 2026
- Thornliebank Primary School Education Scotland, 19 August 2025
- Williamwood High School Education Scotland, 29 April 2025
- St Joseph's Primary School Education Scotland, 4 March 2025
- St Thomas' Primary School Education Scotland, 21 January 2025
- St Cadoc's Primary School Education Scotland, 29 October 2024
- Cross Arthurlie Primary School Education Scotland, 17 September 2024
- Carolside Primary School Education Scotland, 10 September 2024
- Kirkhill Primary School Education Scotland, 12 March 2024
- St Luke's High School Education Scotland, 5 March 2024
- Barrhead High School Education Scotland, 23 January 2024
Schools by town
The count beside each town is the number of its schools under East Renfrewshire.
Schools not listed under a town
These schools have no town recorded in the national register.
Primary schools1
Common questions about schools in East Renfrewshire
- How many schools are in East Renfrewshire?
- OfferDay lists 32 schools in East Renfrewshire, including 24 primary schools and seven secondary schools.
- Who inspects schools in East Renfrewshire?
- Schools in East Renfrewshire are inspected by Education Scotland (HM Inspectors). It evaluates a school against the How good is our school quality indicators rather than giving one overall grade, and each school page carries the inspection date with a link to the published report.
- Which are the best schools in East Renfrewshire?
- OfferDay does not rank schools in East Renfrewshire. Scotland does not publish school-level attainment under an open licence, so there is no fair basis for a league table. Compare schools on their Education Scotland reports and the pupil-census figures its government publishes, and treat any single measure as a starting point rather than a verdict.
- How many towns are in the East Renfrewshire council area?
- OfferDay groups the East Renfrewshire schools across three towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the council area is reachable.
School details come from the Scottish Government's school contact list. Inspection information comes from Education Scotland. Information on this page was last updated on 19 July 2026.