Perth High School, Perth
Perth High School is a secondary school for pupils in Perth.
- Attendance
- 88.8%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Perth High School in detail
School in Scotland
Perth 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 1485 pupils and 13.8 pupils per teacher.
7% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 46% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 7% speak English as an additional language.
4% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 38% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 88.8% in 2024/25, and 35.2% 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 96% 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Perth High School are Perth Academy (0.4 miles), Perth Grammar School (1.5 miles), St John's RC Academy (1.7 miles) and Bertha Park High School (2.2 miles).
Perth AcademyPerth Grammar SchoolSt John's RC AcademyBertha Park High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Perth Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Community Centre (opposite), 150 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Perth High School are Oakbank Primary School (0.1 miles), Viewlands Primary School (0.4 miles), Letham Primary School (0.8 miles) and Our Lady's RC Primary School (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Perth & Kinross publishes both.
Oakbank Primary SchoolViewlands Primary SchoolLetham Primary SchoolOur Lady'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
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Perth High School in October 2023.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
About
Perth High School is a six-year, non-denominational comprehensive secondary school in Perth, Scotland. It is administered by Perth and Kinross Council and serves pupils from Perth and the surrounding area.
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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 Perth High School
Getting There
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 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 Perth High School
When was Perth High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Perth High School in October 2023.
What is the catchment area for Perth High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Perth 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 Perth & Kinross. Perth & Kinross publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Perth High School?
If you live in Perth High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Perth & Kinross will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Perth & Kinross - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Perth High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 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 Perth & Kinross is 1 (the median across 83 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Perth High School?
Perth High School is at Viewlands Road, Perth, Perth, PH1 1HB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)