Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh
Boroughmuir High School is a secondary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 93.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Boroughmuir High School in detail
School in Scotland
Boroughmuir 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 1626 pupils and 14.3 pupils per teacher.
46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
1% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 81% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93.4% in 2024/25, and 17.1% 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 136% full.
98% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 98% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Boroughmuir High School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to our thriving school community here in the heart of Edinburgh’s Fountainbridge area. As Head Teacher, I am delighted to introduce you to Boroughmuir High School-a place where every young person is valued, challenged, and supported to reach their full potential."
Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Boroughmuir High School are St Thomas Of Aquin's High School (0.3 miles), Tynecastle High School (0.6 miles), James Gillespie's High School (0.6 miles) and Broughton High School (1.4 miles).
St Thomas Of Aquin's High SchoolTynecastle High SchoolJames Gillespie's High SchoolBroughton High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Haymarket Rail Station, about 570 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).
16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fountain Park (opposite), 90 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Boroughmuir High School are Bruntsfield Primary School (0.3 miles), Tollcross Primary School (0.3 miles), Dalry Primary School (0.3 miles) and James Gillespie's Primary School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Edinburgh City publishes both.
Bruntsfield Primary SchoolTollcross Primary SchoolDalry Primary SchoolJames Gillespie's 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 Boroughmuir High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Boroughmuir High School is a non-denominational secondary school in the Fountainbridge area of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Keep up with Boroughmuir High School
Getting There
Train Stations
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Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 33
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 11
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 33 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 11 serious and 21 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
7 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 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
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Questions parents ask about Boroughmuir High School
What is the catchment area for Boroughmuir High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Boroughmuir 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 Edinburgh City. Edinburgh City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Boroughmuir High School?
If you live in Boroughmuir High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Edinburgh City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Edinburgh City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Boroughmuir High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 33 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 11 serious and 21 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 7 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Boroughmuir High School?
Boroughmuir High School is at 111 Viewforth, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH11 1FL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)