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Brae High School

All-through · ages 3-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational301 pupilsShetlandShetland Islands
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredScotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, extra support, staffing and class sizes are below.
Pupils registered for free school meals23%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support40%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher9.0Scotland 12.1
Average class size8.0Scotland 8.7
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll301Census September 2025

Brae High School is a council school in Shetland for boys and girls aged 3 to 18. It has 301 pupils. About 23 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Scotland.

Brae, Shetland, Shetland, ZE2 9QG01595 745600brae.shetland.sch.ukAll details

Inspection

Schools in Scotland are inspected by HM Inspectorate of Education. Its reports grade a few areas on a scale from excellent to unsatisfactory, but the grades aren't published as a list we can use.

Results

Scotland publishes no school-level exam results as open data.

Leaver attainment and destinations for individual schools appear only on the Scottish Government's School Information Dashboard, which cannot be reproduced here. Open the dashboard and search for Brae High School.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. Every address in Scotland has a catchment primary and secondary school. If you want a different school, you ask the council for a place there (a placing request).

You apply through Shetland Islands council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll301Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals23%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support40%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English0%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas0%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas0%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodAbove-average income areaIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 8 (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020)
By stage
Pupils in each year, 2025/26
Year groups up to S4 are about the same size. Pupils can leave after S4, so S5 and S6 are smaller.
37S1
37S2
37S3
34S4
23S5
13S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 30130120222023: 29429420232024: 30030020242025: 30030020252026: 3013012026
Since 2022: +0
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll301300300294301
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals22.7%21.0%22.1%12.4%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)39.5%45.3%37.7%37.8%39.2%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio9.09.28.88.78.513.413.9
Average class sizeAverage class size8.08.710.423.511.1

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers33.4full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher9.0Scotland 12.1
Average class size8.0Scotland 8.7

Nearby schools

The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored

No other schools of this phase within 8 km.

Questions parents ask

Is Brae High School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Brae High School yet. Scotland doesn't publish results or inspection grades for individual schools.

How many pupils does Brae High School have?

301 pupils aged 3 to 18 were on the roll in September 2025.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Brae, Shetland, Shetland, ZE2 9QG
Telephone
01595 745600
Website
www.brae.shetland.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
All-through school, ages 3-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Shetland Islands
Setting
Remote rural areas
SEED code
6103332
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from