Broughton High School, Edinburgh
Broughton High School is a secondary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 86.9%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Broughton High School in detail
School in Scotland
Broughton 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 1316 pupils and 13.1 pupils per teacher.
16% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 60% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 24% speak English as an additional language.
22% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 28% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 86.9% in 2024/25, and 37.8% 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 110% full.
97% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Broughton High School are Drummond Community High School (1.2 miles), Boroughmuir High School (1.4 miles), St Thomas Of Aquin's High School (1.5 miles) and Craigroyston Community High School (1.5 miles).
Drummond Community High SchoolBoroughmuir High SchoolSt Thomas Of Aquin's High SchoolCraigroyston Community High School
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is West End - Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams), about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Learmonth Grove (opposite), 160 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Broughton High School are Flora Stevenson Primary (0.2 miles), Stockbridge Primary School (0.6 miles), Forthview Primary School (1 mile) and Granton Primary School (1.1 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Edinburgh City publishes both.
Flora Stevenson PrimaryStockbridge Primary SchoolForthview Primary SchoolGranton 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 Broughton High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Broughton High School is a secondary school located in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2009, the building at Inverleith was replaced with a building funded by a public–private partnership.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 15
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 13 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
3 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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Questions parents ask about Broughton High School
What is the catchment area for Broughton High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Broughton 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 Broughton High School?
If you live in Broughton 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 Broughton High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 13 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 3 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 Broughton High School?
Broughton High School is at 29 East Fettes Avenue, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 1EG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)