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.
9. Balerno High School
Balerno High School comes in at number six on the Sunday Times list of Edinburgh's best secondary schools. And it is ranked 32nd in the Scotland-wide league table. The 893-pupil school had 48 er cent passing five Highers in 2022 and 57 per cent in 2023. Photo: Third Party
10. West Calder High School
West Calder High School in West Lothian comes in at number 10 in the Lothians. according to the Sunday Times list. The 1,132-pupil school also ranks 33rd in Scotland. Its rate for five passes at Highers was 56 per cent in both 2022 and 2023. Photo: Google
11. James Gillespie's High School
James Gillespie's High School is listed as the seventh best high school in Edinburgh and number 35 across Scotland. The 1,628-pupil school recorded 61 per cent achieving five Highers in 2022 and 56 per cent in 2023. Photo: Google
12. Currie Community High School
Currie Community High School comes in at number eight in the league table of Edinburgh's best high schools, according to the Sunday Times and 38th on the list of top Scottish schools. It has 851 pupils and its rate for pupils passing five HIghers was 52 per cent in 2022 and 55 per cent in 2023. Photo: Third Party