East Renfrewshire

East Renfrewshire is one of Scotland's 33 local authorities (councils), responsible for 32 state schools — 24 primary, 7 secondary and 1 special, educating around 17,821 pupils with 1,366 full-time-equivalent teachers. In 2024-25, East Renfrewshire spent around £6,945 per primary pupil and £8,828 per secondary pupil — below the Scotland averages of £7,606 and £9,338. In 2024-25, 97.7% of school leavers went on to a positive destination (above the Scotland average of 95.7%), and 73.2% left with five or more Highers (Scotland average 40.8%). Schools in East Renfrewshire are inspected by Education Scotland on a six-point scale. There are currently 13 open teaching jobs across East Renfrewshire. Browse every school by town, view pupil and staffing data, or compare schools side by side.