Castlebrae Community High School, Edinburgh
Castlebrae Community High School is a secondary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 84.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Castlebrae Community High School in detail
School in Scotland
Castlebrae Community 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 567 pupils and 11.1 pupils per teacher.
36% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 64% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 16% speak English as an additional language.
75% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 4% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 84.6% in 2024/25, and 47.1% 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 81% full.
93% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 91% 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 Castlebrae Community High School are Holy Rood RC High School (0.6 miles), Portobello High School (1.2 miles), Liberton High School (1.4 miles) and Gracemount High School (1.9 miles).
Holy Rood RC High SchoolPortobello High SchoolLiberton High SchoolGracemount High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Brunstane Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wauchope Place (near), 70 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Castlebrae Community High School are Castleview Primary School (0.3 miles), St Francis' RC Primary School (0.4 miles), Niddrie Mill Primary School (0.4 miles) and Prestonfield Primary School (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Edinburgh City publishes both.
Castleview Primary SchoolSt Francis' RC Primary SchoolNiddrie Mill Primary SchoolPrestonfield 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Castlebrae Community High School in September 2026.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Latest from Castlebrae Community High School
SDS Opportunities & Christmas Recruitment
23 Sep 2026
S3 Newsletter
11 Sep 2026
S4 Newsletter
9 Sep 2026
SDS Edinburgh Opportunities 07/09/26
7 Sep 2026
Daily Bulletin 26/06/26
26 Jun 2026
Daily Bulletin 25/06/26
25 Jun 2026
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 15
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 3
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.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.
5 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 Castlebrae Community High School
When was Castlebrae Community High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Castlebrae Community High School in September 2026.
What is the catchment area for Castlebrae Community High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Castlebrae Community 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 Castlebrae Community High School?
If you live in Castlebrae Community 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 Castlebrae Community 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. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 5 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 Castlebrae Community High School?
Castlebrae Community High School is at 99 Niddrie Mains Road, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4DT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)