Elgin High School, ELGIN MORAY
Elgin High School is a secondary school for pupils in Elgin Moray.
- Attendance
- 87.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Elgin High School in detail
School in Scotland
Elgin 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 816 pupils and 11.6 pupils per teacher.
15% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 55% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 11% speak English as an additional language.
10% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 87.2% in 2024/25, and 43.7% 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 good (A); the school was 91% full.
94% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 94% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Elgin Rail Station, about 1080 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (at), 180 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Elgin High School are Greenwards Primary School (0.3 miles), West End Primary School (0.7 miles), New Elgin Primary School (0.8 miles) and St Sylvester's RC Primary School (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Moray publishes both.
Greenwards Primary SchoolWest End Primary SchoolNew Elgin Primary SchoolSt Sylvester's RC 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 Elgin High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Elgin High School, located on Edgar Road in Elgin, Moray, Scotland, is a secondary school
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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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Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
The typical figure for schools in Moray is 1 (the median across 53 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
Questions parents ask about Elgin High School
What is the catchment area for Elgin High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Elgin 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 Moray. Moray publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Elgin High School?
If you live in Elgin High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Moray will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Moray - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Elgin High School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Moray is 1 (the median across 53 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Elgin High School?
Elgin High School is at Edgar Road, ELGIN MORAY, ELGIN MORAY, IV30 6UD.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)