Liberton High School, Edinburgh
Liberton High School is a secondary school for pupils in Edinburgh.
- Attendance
- 88.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Liberton High School in detail
School in Scotland
Liberton 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 859 pupils and 13.9 pupils per teacher.
19% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 62% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 17% speak English as an additional language.
22% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 8% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 88.2% in 2024/25, and 35.9% 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 poor (C); the school was 86% 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.
Liberton High School in its own words
In its own words: "Here you will find a range of information about Liberton High School, including who is in our staff team, our school calendar with key dates for the year, and our school uniform expectations and the way that the school supports families with this."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Liberton High School are Gracemount High School (0.5 miles), Castlebrae Community High School (1.4 miles), Holy Rood RC High School (1.9 miles) and James Gillespie's High School (2.4 miles).
Gracemount High SchoolCastlebrae Community High SchoolHoly Rood RC High SchoolJames Gillespie's High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Shawfair Rail Station, about 2.4 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Liberton High School (before), 200 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Liberton High School are St John Vianney RC Primary School (0.4 miles), Gracemount Primary School (0.6 miles), Gilmerton Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Catherine's RC 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.
St John Vianney RC Primary SchoolGracemount Primary SchoolGilmerton Primary SchoolSt Catherine'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 Liberton High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Liberton High School is a secondary school in Liberton, in the south of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is located on Gilmerton Road. The school roll for the 2022–23 academic year was 846.
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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
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
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, 2 serious and 8 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
4 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 Liberton High School
What is the catchment area for Liberton High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Liberton 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 Liberton High School?
If you live in Liberton 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 Liberton 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, 2 serious and 8 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 4 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 Liberton High School?
Liberton High School is at 328 Gilmerton Road, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH17 7PT.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)