Carnoustie High School, Carnoustie
Carnoustie High School is a secondary school for pupils in Carnoustie.
- Attendance
- 90.4%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Carnoustie High School in detail
School in Scotland
Carnoustie 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 827 pupils and 11.8 pupils per teacher.
9% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 47% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
1% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 27% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.4% in 2024/25, and 31% 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 78% full.
96% of pupils who left in 2023/24 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
The nearest railway station is Golf Street Rail Station, about 940 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Carnoustie High School (at), 70 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Carnoustie High School are Woodlands Primary School (0.3 miles), Burnside Primary School (0.8 miles) and Carlogie Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Angus publishes both.
Woodlands Primary SchoolBurnside Primary SchoolCarlogie 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 Carnoustie High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Carnoustie High School is a comprehensive secondary school in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. Situated to the north of the town, the school serves Carnoustie and surrounding villages, including Barry, Monikie, Newbigging, Craigton, Muirdrum, Panbride and Easthaven.
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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
- 1
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 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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Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
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Questions parents ask about Carnoustie High School
What is the catchment area for Carnoustie High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Carnoustie 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 Angus. Angus publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Carnoustie High School?
If you live in Carnoustie High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Angus will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Angus - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Carnoustie High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 1 road collision in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 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 Angus is 1 (the median across 59 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Carnoustie High School?
Carnoustie High School is at Shanwell Road, Carnoustie, Carnoustie, DD7 7SS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)