Welcome to St Columba's School
An Award-Winning Independent School just 30 minutes from Glasgow City
Positive relationships and inclusivity are at the heart of our culture. Our children are known by name and their individual strengths are 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.
A National Reputation for the Pursuit of Excellence
Our core values of integrity, compassion and aspiration are central to the day-to-day running of the school and provide the framework for our present and future. We are committed to building on our success; to ensuring that our pupils have every opportunity to compete at the highest level and to providing the high-quality pastoral care needed to support the pressures of modern living.
In February 2025, we were awarded Gold by UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting School Programme for Early Years to Sixth Year!
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
