Braes High School, FALKIRK

Braes 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 1126 pupils and 12.7 pupils per teacher.

12% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 43% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.

7% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 46% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 90.2% in 2024/25, and 32% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 96% full.

97% of pupils who left in 2021/22 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 97% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Braes High School are Graeme High School (1.6 miles), Grangemouth High School (1.8 miles), St Mungo's RC High School (2.8 miles) and Falkirk High School (3 miles).

The nearest railway station is Polmont Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Braes High School (near), 60 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Braes High School are Wallacestone Primary School (0.6 miles), St Margaret's Primary School (0.7 miles), Westquarter Primary School (0.7 miles) and Laurieston Primary School (1 mile). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Falkirk publishes both.