Welcome to St Columba's School
The Award-Winning Independent School just 6 miles from Bishopton
Our pupils’ individual strengths are known and fostered by our highly-qualified, professional and caring staff. Through our broad range of academic subjects and extra-curricular activities, we aspire to excellence in all that we do and aim to instill curiosity and a genuine love of learning.
The Village School with the Global Impact
Our exam results consistently place us among the highest achieving Scottish independent schools, allowing our pupils access to the top universities in the UK and beyond, truly making a Global Impact. We also regularly celebrate regional, national and international representation in sport, music and debating.
The School Bus to St Columba’s
Did you know that with so many of our pupils coming from Bishopton, we have a school bus route dedicated to bringing these pupils to and from St Columba’s each day? Find out more
“It was evident that children’s rights are embedded across the school and underpin every facet of school life.”
Steven Kidd, UNICEF Assessor
What Parents Say
“We chose St Columba’s because there is no other school like it locally, or indeed, in Glasgow.
The campus is beautiful and the school is an educational gem, nestled away in the very desirable, safe, calm and rural town of Kilmacolm. At St Columba’s, every child is an individual, not just ‘another Primary 4 child’ (as is the case for our son). He is not just ‘one of many’ and has really flourished here in a way that I really did not expect!
The leafy Junior School site is beautiful, his teachers are both awesome and awe-inspiring, there are lots of chances to play sport, to learn new things in extracurricular clubs and take up a musical instrument of his choice. These, and many other opportunities, are truly inspiring to someone so young – he feels like he can achieve anything which was certainly not the case when I was at school.
I have no doubt that my son will continue to grasp every opportunity to learn and grow at St Columba’s – I wish I could go back and do it all again myself!”
Parent of a Junior 4 pupil, 2024
