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Wallace High School

Secondary · ages 11-18MixedCouncilNon-denominational1,221 pupilsStirling
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 meals16%P6 and above; Scotland 20%
Pupils getting extra support45%Scotland 50%
Pupils per teacher12.7Scotland 12.1
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas29%Scotland 21%
Pupils on roll1,221Census September 2025
NeighbourhoodAmong the wealthiest areasScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Wallace High School is a council school in Stirling for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 1,221 pupils. About 16 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

Airthrey Road, STIRLING, Stirling, FK9 5HW01786 462166wallacehigh.org.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 Wallace 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 Stirling council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll1,221Census September 2025
Pupils registered for free school meals16%P6 and above. Every P1 to P5 pupil gets a free meal in Scotland
Pupils getting extra support45%Additional support needs
Pupils learning English8%First language is not English
Pupils taught in Gaelic3%
Pupils from the poorest fifth of areas29%Scotland 21%
Pupils from the wealthiest fifth of areas28%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.
213S1
214S2
199S3
225S4
215S5
155S6
Trend
Pupils on roll
2022 to 2026
2022: 1,1531,15320222023: 1,1671,16720232024: 1,1861,18620242025: 1,2261,22620252026: 1,2211,2212026
Since 2022: +68
How the school has changed
Year2025/262024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212019/20
Pupils on roll1,2211,2261,1861,1671,153
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals16.0%16.1%16.1%17.3%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional support needs (ASN)45.4%42.7%39.0%33.8%32.7%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language7.9%4.2%5.6%5.0%
Pupils per teacherPupil to teacher ratio12.712.913.012.712.312.312.3

Staff

From the pupil and teacher census of September 2025.

Teachers96.2full-time equivalent
Pupils per teacher12.7Scotland 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
St Modan's High SchoolCouncil1.7 miles941HMIE, no open dataCompare
Stirling High SchoolCouncil2.6 miles1,084HMIE, no open dataCompare
Bannockburn High SchoolCouncil3.1 miles535HMIE, no open dataCompare
Dunblane High SchoolCouncil3.5 miles853HMIE, no open dataCompare
Lornshill AcademyCouncil4.4 miles1,027HMIE, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Wallace High School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Wallace High School have?

1,221 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
Airthrey Road, STIRLING, Stirling, FK9 5HW
Telephone
01786 462166
Website
www.wallacehigh.org.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
Stirling
Setting
Other urban areas
SEED code
5726530
Medium of education
English medium (but has Gaelic Medium stream)
Email
[email protected]

Where these figures come from