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Denny High School

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational1,397 pupilsDennyFalkirk
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 meals21%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support51%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher11.8Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas12%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll1,397Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Denny High School is a council school in Denny for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,397 pupils. About 21 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Scotland.

Herbertshire Park, Denny, Denny, FK6 6EE01324 827440dennyhigh.falkirk.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 Denny 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 Falkirk council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll1,397Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals21%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support51%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English3%First language is not English
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas12%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas18%Scotland 17%
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasIf Scotland's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 10 (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.
227S1
266S2
271S3
261S4
235S5
137S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 1,3931,39320222023: 1,3901,39020232024: 1,4011,40120242025: 1,3861,38620252026: 1,3971,3972026
Since 2022: +4
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1,3971,3861,4011,3901,393
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals21.1%20.8%20.9%21.0%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)51.4%39.5%36.5%31.8%29.4%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.1%1.2%1.1%1.6%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio11.811.912.111.911.712.012.0

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers118.3full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher11.8Scotland 12.1

Nearby schools

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

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Larbert High SchoolCouncil3.4 miles2,065HMIE, no open dataCompare
Falkirk High SchoolCouncil3.8 miles1,123HMIE, no open dataCompare
St Mungo's RC High SchoolCouncil4.2 miles1,226HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Denny High School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Denny High School have?

1,397 pupils aged 11 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
Herbertshire Park, Denny, Denny, FK6 6EE
Telephone
01324 827440
Website
www.dennyhigh.falkirk.sch.uk
Type of school
Council school (Local authority school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Non-denominational
Local authority
Falkirk
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5745438
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from