Eyemouth High School, BERWICKSHIRE
Eyemouth High School is a secondary school for pupils in Berwickshire.
- Attendance
- 90.5%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Eyemouth High School in detail
School in Scotland
Eyemouth 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 502 pupils and 11.5 pupils per teacher.
16% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 49% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 6% speak English as an additional language.
0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 0% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.5% in 2024/25, and 38% 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 99% full.
Eyemouth High School in its own words
In its own words: "Eyemouth High School is a rural state secondary school in the Scottish Borders, located in the south east of Scotland. Our catchment area includes Ayton, Cockburnspath, Coldingham, Eyemouth and Reston. The current school roll is approximately 470. In Januray 2019, Eyemouth High School received a very positive school inspection. The inspection team found the following strengths in the school's work."
From the headteacher's welcome: "We are justifiably proud of our school building, and believe that it provides a fitting setting for the many and varied learning experiences that take place here. We make significant progress in our learning as a community when we apply our full effort, and follow the best strategy to improve."
Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Eyemouth High School.
3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Eyemouth High School Campus (at), 100 metres away.
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 Eyemouth High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 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
Eyemouth High School
Questions parents ask about Eyemouth High School
What is the catchment area for Eyemouth High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Eyemouth 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 Scottish Borders. Scottish Borders publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Eyemouth High School?
If you live in Eyemouth High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Scottish Borders will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Scottish Borders - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Eyemouth 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 Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Eyemouth High School?
Eyemouth High School is at Gunsgreenhill, Eyemouth, BERWICKSHIRE, BERWICKSHIRE, TD14 5LZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)