St Thomas Of Aquin's High School, Edinburgh
St Thomas Of Aquin's High School is a secondary school for pupils in Edinburgh. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
- Attendance
- 93%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
St Thomas Of Aquin's High School in detail
School in Scotland
St Thomas Of Aquin's 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 813 pupils and 12.7 pupils per teacher.
10% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 55% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 28% speak English as an additional language.
12% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 40% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 93% in 2024/25, and 21.3% 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 108% full.
96% of pupils who left in 2019/20 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.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to St Thomas Of Aquin's High School are Boroughmuir High School (0.3 miles), James Gillespie's High School (0.4 miles), Tynecastle High School (0.9 miles) and Broughton High School (1.5 miles).
Boroughmuir High SchoolJames Gillespie's High SchoolTynecastle High SchoolBroughton High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Haymarket Rail Station, about 870 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
18 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lochrin Buildings (opposite), 130 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to St Thomas Of Aquin's High School are Tollcross Primary School (0.2 miles), Bruntsfield Primary School (0.3 miles), James Gillespie's Primary School (0.4 miles) and Dalry Primary School (0.6 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Edinburgh City publishes both.
Tollcross Primary SchoolBruntsfield Primary SchoolJames Gillespie's Primary SchoolDalry 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
Schools in Scotland are inspected by Education Scotland, not Ofsted. Find St Thomas Of Aquin's High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
St Thomas of Aquin's High School is a state-funded Catholic secondary school in the Lauriston area of Edinburgh.
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At a Glance
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Boarding
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Nursery
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Special Measures
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 49
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 15
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 49 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 15 serious and 34 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
10 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 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 St Thomas Of Aquin's High School
What is the catchment area for St Thomas Of Aquin's High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and St Thomas Of Aquin's 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 Edinburgh City. Edinburgh City publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to St Thomas Of Aquin's High School?
If you live in St Thomas Of Aquin's High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Edinburgh City will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Edinburgh City - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near St Thomas Of Aquin's High School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 49 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 15 serious and 34 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 10 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 Edinburgh City is 12 (the median across 140 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Thomas Of Aquin's High School?
St Thomas Of Aquin's High School is at 2-20 Chalmers Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH3 9NH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)