Schools in Barrhead

About schools in Barrhead

Barrhead lists 36 schools, most of them primary schools. Its seven secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Another three schools provide for children with additional needs or alternative provision.

Education Scotland inspects the schools listed here. 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.

Primary schools26

• Ashpark Primary School
• Calderwood Lodge P School
• Carlibar Primary School
• Cleeves Primary School
• Crookfur Primary School
• Crookston Castle Primary School
• Cross Arthurlie Primary School
• Darnley Primary School
• Gowanbank Primary School
• Hillview Primary School
• Kirkhill Primary School
• Maidenhill Primary School
• Mearns Primary School
• Neilston Primary School
• Our Lady Of The Missions Primary School
• St Angela's Primary School & Nursery Class
• St Bernard's Primary School
• St Cadoc's Primary School
• St Clare's Primary School
• St John's Primary School
• St Mark's Primary School
• St Marnock's Primary School
• St Monica's Primary School
• St Thomas' Primary School
• St Vincent's Primary School
• Thornliebank Primary School

Secondary schools7

• Barrhead High School
• Eastwood High School
• Mearns Castle High School
• St Luke's High School
• St Ninian's High School
• St Paul's High School
• Woodfarm High School

Special schools and alternative provision3

• Howford Primary School
• Isobel Mair School
• Langlands Primary School

Common questions about schools in Barrhead

How many schools does Barrhead have?

OfferDay lists 36 schools in Barrhead, including 26 primary schools and seven secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Barrhead?

Schools in Barrhead 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.

How are schools in Barrhead ranked?

OfferDay does not rank schools in Barrhead. 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.

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.