Stirling High School, STIRLING
Stirling High School is a secondary school for pupils in Stirling.
- Attendance
- 90.6%
Data last updated 25 Oct 2026
Stirling High School in detail
School in Scotland
Stirling 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 1084 pupils and 14 pupils per teacher.
13% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 44% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 8% speak English as an additional language.
13% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 24% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).
Attendance was 90.6% in 2024/25, and 30.6% 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 93% full.
95% of pupils who left in 2023/24 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.
Stirling High School in its own words
In its own words: "Stirling High School is reputed to be the 3rd oldest in Scotland, with a rich heritage and can trace its origins to the 12th century. Our motto is "Tempori Parendum" - be prepared for your time."
Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Stirling High School are Bannockburn High School (1.1 miles), St Modan's High School (1.8 miles) and Wallace High School (2.6 miles).
Bannockburn High SchoolSt Modan's High SchoolWallace High School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Stirling Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Stirling High School (at), 30 metres away.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Stirling High School are St Ninian's Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Borestone Primary School (0.6 miles), Braehead Primary School (0.7 miles) and Cambusbarron Primary School (0.9 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Stirling publishes both.
St Ninian's Primary SchoolBorestone Primary SchoolBraehead Primary SchoolCambusbarron 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 Stirling High School's reports on the inspectorate's website.
About
Stirling High School is a state high school for 11- to 18-year-olds run by Stirling Council in Stirling, Scotland. It is one of seven high schools in the Stirling district, and has approximately 972 pupils.
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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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Getting There
Bus Stops
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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 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
Stirling High School
Questions parents ask about Stirling High School
What is the catchment area for Stirling High School?
Scottish schools have catchment (zoned) areas, and Stirling 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 Stirling. Stirling publishes the zone boundary.
How do I apply to Stirling High School?
If you live in Stirling High School's catchment zone your child is normally allocated a place automatically, and Stirling will write to you. To ask for a place here from outside the zone, make a placing request to Stirling - requests usually open in November and close in mid-March for the following August.
How many road collisions happen near Stirling 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 Stirling is 1 (the median across 50 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Stirling High School?
Stirling High School is at Torbrex Farm Road, STIRLING, STIRLING, FK8 2PA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)