Anderson High School, SHETLAND
Anderson High School is a secondary school for pupils in Shetland.
- Attendance
- 87.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Anderson High School in detail
School in Scotland
Anderson High School is a local authority school in Scotland. Scottish schools are inspected by Education Scotland rather than Ofsted, and Scotland does not publish school-by-school exam league tables.
In the 2025 pupil census it had 974 pupils and 11.5 pupils per teacher.
16% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 39% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 1% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 87.7% in 2024/25, and 38.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as satisfactory (B) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 83% full.
96% of pupils who left in 2017/18 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 95% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Anderson High School.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Anderson High School (at), 220 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Anderson High School are Bell's Brae Primary School (0.4 miles) and Sound Primary School (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Shetland Islands publishes both.
Sources: Scottish Government school statistics: pupil census, attendance and absence, school estate, leaver destinations (OGL); NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
Scottish GovernmentInspection
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find Anderson High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Ferry Terminals
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Shetland Islands is 0 (the median across 27 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Anderson High School
Questions parents ask about Anderson High School
What is the catchment area for Anderson High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Anderson High School is no exception: children living in its zone are normally given a place there automatically. Families who want a different school make a placing request to Shetland Islands. Shetland Islands publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Anderson High School?
If you live in Anderson High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Shetland Islands will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Shetland Islands - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Anderson High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Shetland Islands is 0 (the median across 27 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Anderson High School?
Anderson High School is at North Loch Drive, Lerwick, SHETLAND, SHETLAND, ZE1 0GR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)