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.

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	Adv Highers	Name	Day / Board	Boy / Girl	Day £	Board £
1	78.26	St Margaret's School for Girls - Aberdeen	Day	Girls	9,537	NA
2	77.91	Dundee - High School of	Day	Co-ed	9,141	NA
3	76.40	Glasgow High School	Day	Co-ed	7,560	NA
4	74.78	St George's School for Girls - Edinburgh	Both	Girls	10,110	20,130
5	72.73	George Heriot's School - Edinburgh	Day	Co-ed	8,811	NA
6	70.11	Dollar Academy - Clackmannanshire	Both	Co-ed	9,090	18,540
7	69.96	Stewart's Melville College - Edinburgh	Both	Boys	8,490	16,938
8	69.68	Mary Erskine School - Edinburgh	Both	Girls	8,490	16,938
9	68.37	George Watson's College - Edinburgh	Day	Co-ed	8,856	NA
10	68.00	Hamilton College - Lanarkshire	Day	Co-ed	7,230	NA
11	66.67	St Columba's School - Kilmacolm	Day	Co-ed	8,580	NA
12	65.98	Hutcheson's Grammar School - Glasgow	Day	Co-ed	8,411	NA
13	63.46	Glasgow Academy	Day	Co-ed	8,300	NA
14	63.33	Wellington School - Ayr	Day	Co-ed	NA	NA
15	62.41	St Aloysius' College - Glasgow	Day	Co-ed	8,010	NA
16	60.45	Robert Gordon's College - Aberdeen	Day	Co-ed	8,950	NA
17	60.00	Kilgraston School - Perth	Both	Girls	12,825	21,885
18	58.33	Craigholme School - Glasgow	Day	Girls	8,634	NA
19	56.72	Morrison's Academy - Crieff	Day	Co-ed	8,973	NA
20	45.24	St Margaret's School - Edinburgh	Day	Girls (Boys 1-8)	NA	NA

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.