Gracemount High School, Edinburgh
Gracemount High School is a secondary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 86%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Gracemount High School in detail
School in Scotland
Gracemount 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 670 pupils and 10.5 pupils per teacher.
26% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 68% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 19% speak English as an additional language.
39% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 6% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 86% in 2024/25, and 41.4% 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 103% full.
95% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 92% 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 Gracemount High School are Liberton High School (0.5 miles), Castlebrae Community High School (1.9 miles), Holy Rood RC High School (2.4 miles) and Lasswade High School Centre (2.8 miles).
Liberton High SchoolCastlebrae Community High SchoolHoly Rood RC High SchoolLasswade High School Centre
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Shawfair Rail Station, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Gracemount High School (at), 90 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Gracemount High School are Gracemount Primary School (under 0.1 miles), St Catherine's RC Primary School (0.2 miles), Gilmerton Primary School (0.6 miles) and Frogston Primary School (0.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Edinburgh City publishes both.
Gracemount Primary SchoolSt Catherine's RC Primary SchoolGilmerton Primary SchoolFrogston 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 Gracemount High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Gracemount High School (GHS) is a non-denominational six-year comprehensive secondary school serving south-east Edinburgh, Scotland. It has a current roll of over 600 pupils and around 80 staff.
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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
- 10
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 6 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot.
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 Gracemount High School
What is the catchment area for Gracemount High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Gracemount 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 Gracemount High School?
If you live in Gracemount 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 Gracemount High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 10 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 6 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot. 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 Gracemount High School?
Gracemount High School is at 136 Lasswade Road, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 6TZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)