Peebles High School, PEEBLESSHIRE
Peebles High School is a secondary school for pupils in Peeblesshire.
- Attendance
- 91.2%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Peebles High School in detail
School in Scotland
Peebles 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 1274 pupils and 13.5 pupils per teacher.
6% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 3% speak English as an additional language.
Attendance was 91.2% in 2024/25, and 28.9% 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 84% full.
98% 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.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Peebles High School.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Peebles High School Campus (at), 50 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Peebles High School are Priorsford Primary School (0.4 miles), Kingsland Primary School (0.7 miles) and Halyrude Primary School (0.8 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Scottish Borders publishes both.
Priorsford Primary SchoolKingsland Primary SchoolHalyrude 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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Peebles High School in April 2025.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Peebles High School is a state-run comprehensive school for girls and boys aged 11–18 located in Peebles in the Scottish Borders. It was originally named Bonnington Park Academy in 1858.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
Keep up with Peebles High School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025.
The typical figure for schools in Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 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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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Peebles High School
Questions parents ask about Peebles High School
When was Peebles High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Peebles High School in April 2025.
What is the catchment area for Peebles High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Peebles 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 Scottish Borders. Scottish Borders publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Peebles High School?
If you live in Peebles High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Scottish Borders will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Scottish Borders - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Peebles High School?
No injury road collisions were reported to the police within 500 m of the school's mapped location in 2021 to 2025. The typical figure for schools in Scottish Borders is 1 (the median across 64 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Peebles High School?
Peebles High School is at Springwood Road, Peebles, PEEBLESSHIRE, PEEBLESSHIRE, EH45 9HB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)