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Woodfarm High School is a Scottish secondary school in Thornliebank, East Renfrewshire. It has a roll of approxiamtely 750 pupils, and the Headteacher is Mr Iain Gibson.

The original building was partially destroyed in a large fire. It caused many pupils to be transfered to other schools while the building was demolished and replaced with a newer building. Some pupils were housed in a temporary structure made out of Portakabins that was reinforced by a brick built super structure at the back of the school grounds. This was built to be a temporary home for the upper school while the new main building was built. It was intended to be pulled down once the new part of the school opened, with a maximum life of around 3 years. In was finally demolished in 2005 as part of the extension work, 30 years after it was first built. On the site of this building, called the Westfield Building, is a new large car park.

The old school building was of similar design to the current South Building, and used to connect the now demolished Science and Technical wings.

The school recently received an £11 million extension as part of a public private partnership with construction company HBG. Prior to the extension, the school was split into a main building and four secondary buildings, with the departments of English, Mathematics, Business Studies, Technical, Religious Studies and Science being housed externally to the main building. The extension saw the secondary buildings demolished, and the listed subjects being moved into a new area which extends out of the main building. As part of the extension, the entire school was refurbished, including a new canteen area, IT rooms, Home Economics facility, office, and library.

The pupils of Woodfarm High School are mainly made up of students transferring from the four main primary schools in the area:Thornliebank Primary, Braidbar Primary, Giffnock Primary and Robslee Primary.

Woodfarm High School website Coordinates: 55°48′12″N, 4°18′38″W