The Times has released its Scottish School League Table with Glasgow's Jordanhill School taking top place.
The table covers state schools and has been compiled based on the percentage of pupils achieving the Scottish government’s “gold standard” of five Highers in 2021. It also shows the number of leavers.
This marks Jordanhill's sixth year at the top of the board. It is Scotland's only state school free of council control due to the unique way it is funded by the Scottish Government, rather that local authority.
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The Times highlights that there has been an increase in pupils at the school drawn in from affluent areas, as parents pay about 40 per cent above the Glasgow City Council average for homes close to the school.
It is also pointed out that the vast majority of pupils in Scotland's top 10 schools live in the country's most affluent areas.
Bearsden Academy has bagged second place and only five per cent of its students are from a 'deprived area', with 16 per cent from an 'affluent area' and 73 per cent from a 'very affluent' neighbourhood.
Meanwhile, 80 per cent of pupils from Williamwood High School in East Renfrewshire are from very affluent areas.
With a more mixed bag, 25 per cent of pupils from Glasgow Gaelic School are from 'most deprived areas', 15 from a deprived, 10 per cent from a middle area, 25 perfect from affluent and 24 from very affluent neighbourhood. The school came in sixth place on the board with 59 school leavers.
In Stirling, Dunblane High School dropped from fourth place down to seven with 165 school leavers. According to The Time League Table, seven per cent of students are from 'deprived' areas, 16 from affluent and 74 per cent from very affluent.
The Times Scotland School League Table has been published online and in print with a search bar on the top left on the table where you can search the name of your very own high school.
View the full top 10 of The Times Scotland School League Table below
2021 position |
School |
Council |
2020 |
2021 |
Number of leavers |
2020 position |
1 |
Jordanhill School |
Grant aided |
86% |
91% |
103 |
1 |
2 |
Bearsden Academy |
East Dunbartonshire |
76% |
81% |
212 |
6 |
3 |
St Ninian’s High School |
East Renfrewshire |
80% |
78% |
293 |
2 |
4 |
Cults Academy |
Aberdeen City |
76% |
78% |
170 |
7 |
5 |
Williamwood High School |
East Renfrewshire |
76% |
77% |
285 |
8 |
6 |
Glasgow Gaelic School |
Glasgow City |
65% |
76% |
59 |
18 |
7 |
Dunblane High School |
Stirling |
79% |
75% |
165 |
4 |
8 |
Gryffe High School |
Renfrewshire |
80% |
74% |
170 |
3 |
9 |
Boroughmuir High School |
Edinburgh City |
76% |
73% |
210 |
9 |
10 |
Bishopbriggs Academy |
East Dunbartonshire |
74% |
73% |
222 |
10 |
The online, fully searchable Times Scotland’s High School League Table can be found here.
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