Where are the best Scottish Schools?

Welcome to Rob Williams assessment Ltd’s joint collaboration with School Entrance Tests. Here is our Top Scottish Schools 2023 Guide.

Top 20 state schools in Scotland

1 Jordanhill School, Glasgow
2 St Ninian’s High School, Giffnock
3 Bearsden Academy
4 Cults Academy, Aberdeen
5 Williamwood High School, Glasgow
6= Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh
Eastwood High School, Newton Mearns
8 Woodfarm High School, Thornliebank
9 Dunblane High School
10 Mearns Castle High School, Glasgow
11 Douglas Academy, Milngavie
12 Bishopbriggs Academy
13 Boclair Academy, Bearsden
14 The Royal High School, Edinburgh
15= North Berwick High School
Lenzie Academy
17= Banchory Academy
Turnbull High School, Bishopbriggs
17= Linlithgow Academy
20 Balfron High School

Top 6 independent secondary schools (A-levels)

1 Fettes College, Edinburgh
2 St Leonards School, St Andrews
3 Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh
4 Loretto School, Musselburgh
5 Strathallan, Perth
6 Glenalmond College, Perth

Top 10 independent secondary schools (Highers)

1 St Mary’s Music School
2 George Heriot’s School
3 Kilgraston
4 Albyn School
5 Hutcheson’s Grammar School
6 The High School of Glasgow
7 Mary Erskin School
8 High School of Dundee
9 St Margaret’s School for Girls
10 Dollar Academy

How to get your child into the top nearby school?

Getting your child into the best Northern Ireland school for them is all about:

Researching which are the highest rated schools in your local area.
Planning alternatives in advance – since there is of course no guarantee of your first choice working out.
Realistically assessing your current financial situation.

Here’s our popular Passed Papers You Tube channel.

Ask ROB your Northern Ireland education questions by emailing passedpapers@gmail.com

An Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Rob Williams is a Chartered Psychologist with over 25 years of experience working and designing tests.
Rob has worked for the school entrance test publishers ISEB, Hodder and GL Assessment.

How do I interpret the Top schools’ league tables?

The Northern Ireland school league table rankings are based on the latest exam results.

These are usually the previous independent school year group’s GCSE exam results and A-Level exam results.

Ofsted Reports

What are Ofsted reports?

Plus, how well performance standards have been met across the independent school. There are three possible outcomes: under-achieving; achieving; or outstanding.

Well firstly these are something that you must check for each independent school of interest.

Each Ofsted report is an analysis of that school’s teachers’ professional competence.