Wester Hailes High School, Edinburgh

Wester Hailes 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 389 pupils and 9.4 pupils per teacher.

46% of pupils are registered for free school meals, 72% of pupils have an additional support need recorded and 15% speak English as an additional language.

Attendance was 79.6% in 2024/25, and 49.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

The 2026 school estate survey rated its buildings' condition as poor (C) and their suitability for teaching as poor (C); the school was 52% full.

93% of pupils who left in 2021/22 went on to a positive destination - further or higher education, training, work or volunteering, against 93% for its "virtual comparator", a matched group of pupils with similar backgrounds from across Scotland.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Wester Hailes High School are Forrester High School (0.9 miles), St Augustine's High School (1.1 miles), Merchiston Castle School (1.6 miles) and Currie Community High School (1.8 miles).

The nearest railway station is Wester Hailes Rail Station, about 620 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Calder Grove Nursery (opposite), 130 metres away.

The primary schools closest to Wester Hailes High School are Sighthill Primary School (0.2 miles), Canal View Primary School (0.5 miles), Murrayburn Primary School (0.6 miles) and Juniper Green 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.