The Top 20 Scottish Schools by Advanced Highers

In this section we give you our own assessment of the Top 20 Scottish Schools doing Advanced Highers for 2008. These positions are compiled from the % of A + B grades scored at Advanced Highers. Note that this table EXCLUDES schools taking A levels in Scotland, which are included in a separate table for Scottish schools.

Click on the name of a school to find out its type, contact details, day or boarding and the annual fees.

Use the links in the right column to select how you would like sort the Top 20 Scottish Advanced Higher schools.

Adv HighersNameDay / BoardBoy / GirlDay £Board £
178.26St Margaret's School for Girls - AberdeenDayGirls9,537NA
277.91Dundee - High School ofDayCo-ed9,141NA
376.40Glasgow High SchoolDayCo-ed7,560NA
474.78St George's School for Girls - EdinburghBothGirls10,11020,130
572.73George Heriot's School - EdinburghDayCo-ed8,811NA
670.11Dollar Academy - ClackmannanshireBothCo-ed9,09018,540
769.96Stewart's Melville College - EdinburghBothBoys8,49016,938
869.68Mary Erskine School - EdinburghBothGirls8,49016,938
968.37George Watson's College - EdinburghDayCo-ed8,856NA
1068.00Hamilton College - LanarkshireDayCo-ed7,230NA
1166.67St Columba's School - KilmacolmDayCo-ed8,580NA
1265.98Hutcheson's Grammar School - GlasgowDayCo-ed8,411NA
1363.46Glasgow AcademyDayCo-ed8,300NA
1463.33Wellington School - AyrDayCo-edNANA
1562.41St Aloysius' College - GlasgowDayCo-ed8,010NA
1660.45Robert Gordon's College - AberdeenDayCo-ed8,950NA
1760.00Kilgraston School - PerthBothGirls12,82521,885
1858.33Craigholme School - GlasgowDayGirls8,634NA
1956.72Morrison's Academy - CrieffDayCo-ed8,973NA
2045.24St Margaret's School - EdinburghDayGirls (Boys 1-8)NANA

Note.1. Sometimes there are a few gaps in our data, because the information is not freely available or a school will not supply it. In general this applies to lower graded schools in the TOP 20. Sometimes grades improve as a result of appeals on exam results and we will update the data periodically. We encourage all schools to supply corrections or additions (click here)

Note 2. Exam results are not the only criteria by which to judge a school (read our eGuide on selection factors click here). Indeed some of the schools in this TOP 20 table are quite selective on their admissions. Be aware your child may not necessarily thrive in a high pressure academic environment – take advice.