Leith Academy, Edinburgh

Leith Academy 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.

Leith Academy has a pre-school (nursery) class.

In the 2025 pupil census it had 978 pupils and 12.5 pupils per teacher.

22% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 71% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 33% speak English as an additional language.

24% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 9% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 89.2% in 2024/25, and 35.6% 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 satisfactory (B); the school was 103% full.

97% of pupils who left in 2024/25 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 96% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The school runs after-school care.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Leith Academy are Drummond Community High School (1.1 miles), Trinity Academy (1.3 miles), Holy Rood RC High School (2 miles) and Broughton High School (2.2 miles).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Foot of the Walk (Edinburgh Trams), about 470 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Burns Street (after), 120 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Leith Academy are Hermitage Park Primary School (0.2 miles), Leith Primary School (0.2 miles), Lorne Primary School (0.3 miles) and Star of the Sea RC Primary School (Previously St Mary's RC Primary School (Leith)) (0.4 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Edinburgh City publishes both.