Glasgow Clyde College celebrates record-breaking student success
Glasgow Clyde College has recorded its best-ever overall pass rate, alongside a record-low withdrawal rate and its highest-ever pass rate for full-time further education (FE) students.
Final results for the 2025/26 academic year show that 77.1% of students successfully achieved their qualifications, the highest overall pass rate in the College's history.
The College also recorded its lowest-ever withdrawal rate of 10.5%, while the pass rate among full-time further education students reached a new record of 70.7%.
The results underline a year of strong student achievement across the College, with final pass rates of:
- 70.7% for full-time FE
- 79.2% for part-time FE
- 74.8% for full-time Higher Education (HE)
- 86.9% for part-time HE
Glasgow Clyde College also recorded particularly strong results across a number of subject areas.
Among the six colleges in and around Greater Glasgow, Glasgow Clyde College recorded the highest success rates for NC and NQ provision in Fashion, Computing, Engineering, Hospitality and Sport.
At HN level, the College is now among the best colleges in the Scotland for Care, Construction, Performing Arts and Hairdressing.
Full-time HE performance remained strong at 74.8%, sitting 2.5 percentage points above the national average.
The results follow a successful year for Glasgow Clyde College and demonstrate the impact of the work taking place across its three campuses to support students to stay in education and successfully achieve their qualifications.
John Rafferty, Deputy Principal, said, "These are exceptional results and, most importantly, they represent thousands of individual achievements across Glasgow Clyde College.
Behind every percentage is a student who has worked hard to achieve their qualification and staff who have supported them along the way, and it’s a strong vindication of “nurture college" philosophy which informs every aspect of the student experience.
To achieve record overall pass rates, FE success rates, and our lowest-ever withdrawal rate in the same year is something everyone across the College should be incredibly proud of.
"Our goal is to create opportunities that change lives and transform communities, and these results show what that looks like in practice. This really is Life Changing Stuff.”