North Berwick High School, EAST LOTHIAN
North Berwick High School is a secondary school for pupils in East Lothian.
- Attendance
- 92.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
North Berwick High School in detail
School in Scotland
North Berwick 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 1050 pupils and 13.9 pupils per teacher.
7% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 34% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 2% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 92.2% in 2024/25, and 23% 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 84% full.
96% of pupils who left in 2023/24 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 99% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is North Berwick Rail Station, about 800 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sports Centre (at), 30 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 North Berwick High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
North Berwick High School is a non-denominational state secondary school in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland. In 2025, the school was rated as number 14 on Scotland's list of best and worst secondary schools in the country.
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At a Glance
No
Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
Latest from North Berwick High School
NBHS WEEKLY UPDATE 08.05.2026
8 May 2026
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13 Feb 2026
NBHS WEEKLY UPDATE 26.06.2025
26 Jun 2025
NBHS WEEKLY UPDATE 20.06.2025
20 Jun 2025
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
1 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 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 North Berwick High School
What is the catchment area for North Berwick High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and North Berwick 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 East Lothian. East Lothian publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to North Berwick High School?
If you live in North Berwick High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and East Lothian will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to East Lothian - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near North Berwick High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 1 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 East Lothian is 4 (the median across 43 schools, same distance and years).
Where is North Berwick High School?
North Berwick High School is at Grange Road, North Berwick, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH39 4QS.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)