Jordanhill, located in Glasgow’s west end, has kept its position at the top of the rankings for the fifth consecutive year, according to data revealed in The Times School League Table 2020.
West Calder High, according to the latest research, is the country’s most improved school.
The West Lothian school has risen from 108th place in 2016 – when 37 per cent of pupils attained Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘gold standard’ of five or more highers – to 12th place in 2020, a year which saw 70 per cent of pupils achieve the gold standard.
The state high schools to feature in Scotland’s top ten of 2020’s league table are as follows:
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. Jordanhill School, Glasgow
Jordanhill School, Glasgow, keeps its top position in the league tables 2020 for the fifth consecutive year in a row. Uniquely funded by a central government grant rather than the local authority, Jordanhill saw 86 per cent of its pupils achieve the gold standard – down from 88 per cent in 2019, the last year when pupils were assessed with exams. Photo: Google maps
5. Bearsden Academy, East Dunbartonshire
Bearsden Academy, East Dunbartonshire, has been ranked in sixth place in the 2020 league table. The school has fallen one place since last year where it held fifth place in the 2019 league table. Photo: Google maps
6. Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh
Edinburgh's Boroughmuir High School takes seventh place in the 2020 league table - one place down from its position as the sixth best school in Scotland in 2019. Photo: Supplied
7. Williamwood High School, East Renfrewshire
From ninth place last year, Williamwood High School in East Renfrewshire has moved up one place in the 2020 league tables to number eight. Photo: Google maps
8. Cults Academy, Aberdeen
From fifteenth place in the 2019 league table, Cults Academy in Aberdeen has jumped six places in The Times league tables making it to number nine, according to the latest data. Photo: Cults Academy, Aberdeen