School information
The headteacher at Park Mains High School is Alan Dick. The link education manager is Julie Colquhoun.
The primary schools associated with Park Mains High School are:
- Bargarran Primary School
- Barsail Primary School
- Bishopton Primary School
- Dargavel Primary School
- Inchinnan Primary School
- Langbank Primary School
- Rashielea Primary School.
Plans to increase future capacity
We are expanding and redesigning Park Mains High School to meet the expected rise in pupil numbers in the years ahead.
Councillors agreed in 2023 to extend the school to add capacity for another 400 pupils, which will take the total capacity to 2,000 pupils. We expect this to be complete by summer 2027.
You can see our fly-through video on YouTube below, which shows how the extended school will look once complete.
The plans include:
- a new teaching building next to the existing west wing of the school
- a new PE building next to the existing PE block
- an extension to the dining area
- changes to the layout of the existing building to keep subjects together
- extra car parking and expanded bus drop-off/pick-up area.
Roll projections
The school roll at Park Mains will increase in the years ahead, as planned new housing development in the area grows.
We have produced 15-year roll projections for all Renfrewshire schools, in partnership with data specialists, based on their tried-and-tested formula used across the UK. You can see the latest projections in the report presented to councillors in October 2025.
There is a section in the report which looks in more detail at the future impact on Park Mains. You can see this at section 7.2 of the report. The projections show the future school roll of Park Mains is expected to stay within the future capacity of 2,000.
Community engagement
Throughout the project to extend and redesign the school, we have worked with the local school community to ensure their views would shape what happens next.
In late 2023, we held a series of surveys and workshops with hundreds of staff, pupils, parents and members of the local community to get their views on how an extended Park Mains might work.
In late 2024, we ran a 12-week period of public engagement as part of the planning application for the school. This included two public events at which we presented how the designs looked at that time. You can see a copy of the display boards we presented at the event.
We also meet every 3 months with the Park Mains Parent Council Liaison Group, made up of members of the parent council from Park Mains and each of its feeder primaries, plus school staff and senior council officers. This group is a key forum to discuss current and future issues around the school.
You can read some of the updates we have issued to parents below: