Monifieth High School, Monifieth

Monifieth 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 1020 pupils and 12.9 pupils per teacher.

5% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 28% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.

0% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 42% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 90.5% in 2024/25, and 29.2% 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 85% full.

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

The nearest other state secondary schools to Monifieth High School are Grove Academy (1.6 miles) and Greenfield Academy (2.9 miles).

The nearest railway station is Balmossie Rail Station, about 360 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School (at), 60 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Monifieth High School are Grange Primary School (0.3 miles), Barnhill Primary School (0.6 miles), Seaview Primary School (0.7 miles) and Forthill Primary School (1.3 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Angus publishes both.