Fifteen schools from Edinburgh and the Lothians are listed among Scotland’s 50 best-performing secondary schools in the latest Sunday Times league table.
Edinburgh’s Boroughmuir High is the top-ranked school in the Capital, with the Royal High and Firrhill High close behind. Linlithgow Academy and North Berwick High are the top schools in the wider Lothian area.
The league table is based on the percentage of pupils achieving the “gold standard” of five highers in the past two years. Jordanhill School in Glasgow emerged as Scotland’s top-performing high school, followed by Bearsden Academy. Mearns Castle High School and St Ninian’s High School, both in East Renrewshire, took third and fourth spot ahead of Boroughmuir which came in at number five.
Here is how the top 15 schools in Edinburgh and the Lothians rank.
5. North Berwick High School
North Berwick High School in East Lothian is the fifth best secondary school in the Lothians, according to the Sunday Times. The 1,045-pupil school recorded 51 per cent of pupils passing five HIghers in 2022 and 59 per cent in 2023, making it the 28th best in Scotland. Photo: Google
6. St Margaret's Academy, Livingston
St Margaret's Academy in Livingston emerges as the sixth best high school in the Lothians and number 29 Scotland-wide. It has 1,106 pupils and its rate for achieving five Highers was 57 per cent in 2022 and 58 per cent in 2023. Photo: Google
7. St Thomas of Aquin’s RC High
St Thomas of Aquin’s RC High in Chalmers Street ranks as the fourth best secondary school in Edinburgh, according to the Sunday Times list. The 799-pupil school is placed 30th nationally with 58 per cent achieving five Highers in 2022 and 57 per cent in 2023. Photo: Third Party
8. Craigmount High School
Craigmount High School ranks as the fifth best secondary in Edinburgh, according to the Sunday Times. The 1,339-pupil school had 50 per cent achieving five Highers in 2022 and 57 per cent in 2023. It is placed 31st in the list of top Scottish state schools. Photo: Third Party