Bertha Park High School, PERTH
Bertha Park High School is a secondary school for pupils in Perth.
- Attendance
- 88.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Bertha Park High School in detail
School in Scotland
Bertha Park 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 652 pupils and 11.2 pupils per teacher.
10% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 58% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 5% speak English as an additional language.
2% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 20% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 88.5% in 2024/25, and 37% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as good (A) and their suitability for teaching as good (A); the school was 59% full.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Bertha Park High School are Perth Grammar School (1.8 miles), St John's RC Academy (2 miles), Perth High School (2.2 miles) and Perth Academy (2.4 miles).
Perth Grammar SchoolSt John's RC AcademyPerth High SchoolPerth Academy
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Perth Rail Station, about 2.7 miles away in a straight line.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bertha Park (at), 200 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Bertha Park High School are Ruthvenfield Primary School (0.7 miles), Tulloch Primary School (1.1 miles), Pitcairn Primary School (1.2 miles) and Our Lady's RC Primary School (1.3 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Perth & Kinross publishes both.
Ruthvenfield Primary SchoolTulloch Primary SchoolPitcairn Primary SchoolOur Lady's RC Primary School
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 Bertha Park High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Bertha Park High School is a non-denominational state comprehensive secondary school in Perth, Scotland.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
0 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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 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.
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Bertha Park High School
What is the catchment area for Bertha Park High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Bertha Park 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 Perth & Kinross. Perth & Kinross publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Bertha Park High School?
If you live in Bertha Park High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Perth & Kinross will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Perth & Kinross - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Bertha Park High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 0 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 0 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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Bertha Park High School?
Bertha Park High School is at Adamson Avenue, PERTH, PERTH, PH1 0AU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)