Ross High School, EAST LOTHIAN
Ross High School is a secondary school for pupils in East Lothian.
- Attendance
- 87.7%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Ross High School in detail
School in Scotland
Ross 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 1225 pupils and 12.2 pupils per teacher.
16% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 51% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 4% speak English as an additional language.
11% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 7% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 87.7% in 2024/25, and 40.5% 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 77% full.
97% of pupils who left in 2023/24 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.
Ross High School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "At Ross High School, we firmly believe pupils should be provided with the highest quality of education in a climate where they are safe, valued and treated with dignity and respect."
Headteacher's welcome (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Ross High School are Preston Lodge High School (1.3 miles), Rosehill High School (2 miles), Musselburgh Grammar School (3.9 miles) and Dalkeith High School (4.6 miles).
Preston Lodge High SchoolRosehill High SchoolMusselburgh Grammar SchoolDalkeith High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Prestonpans Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Health Centre (opposite), 40 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Ross High School are St Martin's RC Primary School (0.1 miles), Sanderson's Wynd Primary School (0.3 miles), Windygoul Primary School (0.4 miles) and Blindwells Primary School (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; East Lothian publishes both.
St Martin's RC Primary SchoolSanderson's Wynd Primary SchoolWindygoul Primary SchoolBlindwells 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 Ross High School in June 2026.
- 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessmentsatisfactory
- 3.2 Raising attainment and achievementsatisfactory
HMIE grades on a six-point scale: unsatisfactory, weak, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland), Open Government Licence.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Ross High School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 18
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 7
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 12 slight.
7 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
3 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.
Commute and house prices
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Questions parents ask about Ross High School
When was Ross High School last inspected?
HM Inspectorate of Education (Education Scotland) last published an inspection of Ross High School in June 2026. Inspectors evaluated learning, teaching and assessment as satisfactory and raising attainment and achievement as satisfactory, on a six-point scale from unsatisfactory to excellent.
What is the catchment area for Ross High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Ross 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 Ross High School?
If you live in Ross 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 Ross High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 12 slight. 7 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 3 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 Ross High School?
Ross High School is at Well Wynd, Tranent, EAST LOTHIAN, EAST LOTHIAN, EH33 2EQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)