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Peebles High School

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational1,274 pupilsPeeblesScottish Borders
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 meals6%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support51%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher13.5Scotland 12.1
Pupils on roll1,274Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Peebles High School is a council school in Peebles for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,274 pupils. About 6 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Scotland.

Springwood Road, Peebles, PEEBLESSHIRE, Peebles, EH45 9HB01721 720291peebleshighschool.co.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 Peebles 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 Scottish Borders council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll1,274Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals6%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
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.
206S1
213S2
213S3
243S4
224S5
175S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 1,3511,35120222023: 1,3781,37820232024: 1,3421,34220242025: 1,2861,28620252026: 1,2741,2742026
Since 2022: -77
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1,2741,2861,3421,3781,351
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals6.0%6.8%6.7%6.9%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)50.8%47.6%37.6%35.0%31.5%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language3.1%2.7%2.4%1.9%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio13.513.414.515.714.514.415.1

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers94.7full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher13.5Scotland 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

No other schools of this phase within 8 km.

Questions parents ask

Is Peebles High School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Peebles High School have?

1,274 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
Springwood Road, Peebles, PEEBLESSHIRE, Peebles, EH45 9HB
Telephone
01721 720291
Website
www.peebleshighschool.co.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
Scottish Borders
Setting
Accessible small towns
SEED code
5601932
Medium of education
English medium only
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from