Using official Scottish Government statistics, Scotland’s Data on a Map publishes an annual league table rating how well the country’s state high and secondary schools have done, after the National and Higher exam results are released each year. They are ranked based on what Scotland’s Data on a Map describes as the ‘gold standard’ - the percentage of students who sat their Highers that year that passed five or more of them.
While this school year’s candidates are still waiting on their results, parents might want a little more insight into how schools encourage their pupils to achieve to the best of their abilities.
The most recent data currently available is from the 2022/23 school year, which saw a whopping 57 schools reach that gold standard with at least half of their students who sat their higher exams. But just ten schools hit the prestigious mark of having 70% or more of their students attain five or more Highers.
Here were the top 25 scoring state schools overall:
13. Lenzie Academy
Lenzie Academy is a secondary school located in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire. In the 2022/23 school year, 67% of its students attained five or more Highers. | Google
14. Eastwood High School
Eastwood High is a secondary school in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire - part of the Greater Glasgow area. In the 2022/23 school year, 65% of its students attained five or more Highers. | Google
15. Gryffe High School
Gryffe High is a secondary school in Houston, Renfrewshire. In the 2022/23 school year, 64% of its students attained five or more Highers. | Google
16. Aberdeen Grammar School
The oldest school in Aberdeen which famously educated Lord Byron, this is actually a non-selective state school despite its name. In the 2022/23 school year, 64% of its students also attained five or more Highers. | Google