Tynecastle High School, Edinburgh

Tynecastle 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 854 pupils and 12.2 pupils per teacher.

22% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 54% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 26% speak English as an additional language.

15% of its pupils live in Scotland's most deprived fifth of areas and 26% in the least deprived fifth (SIMD).

Attendance was 87.2% in 2024/25, and 36.7% 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 95% 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.

In its own words: "At Tynecastle, all students have equal access to the highest quality learning and teaching, whoever they are and wherever they find themselves. This video showcases innovation using Apple technology at Tynecastle, that inspires, imagines and impacts our student’s learning experiences."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Tynecastle High School is a six-year comprehensive secondary school which has served west-central Edinburgh with distinction for over 100 years. The school moved to a fantastic new site in January 2010 and has first class educational facilities. The school is thoroughly rooted in its local communities, with learners drawn from Balgreen, Craiglockhart, Dalry, and Stenhouse Primary Schools."

The nearest other state secondary schools to Tynecastle High School are Boroughmuir High School (0.6 miles), St Thomas Of Aquin's High School (0.9 miles), James Gillespie's High School (1.2 miles) and Broughton High School (1.5 miles).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Murrayfield Stadium (Edinburgh Trams), about 550 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tynecastle (near), 60 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Tynecastle High School are Dalry Primary School (0.4 miles), Roseburn Primary School (0.4 miles), Craiglockhart Primary School (0.5 miles) and St Cuthbert's RC Primary School (0.7 miles). In Scotland, secondary places normally follow the catchment area, and each secondary school has associated primary schools; Edinburgh City publishes both.