The 2025 Times top academic state schools league table

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Top State Schools: Edinburgh and the Lothians

Each year The Times / Sunday Times releases its schools league table. In Scotland, it ranks the country’s 347 state secondary schools based on exam results.

The annual league table is based on the percentage of pupils achieving five highers in the last two years. For more information, and to see a full list of all of the schools, visit The Times website.

Top 5 schools in Edinburgh and The Lothians

Boroughmuir High School
Linlithgow Academy
The Royal High School
Firrhill High School
North Berwick High School

Edinburgh only

Boroughmuir High School
The Royal High School
Firrhill High School
St Thomas Of Aquin’s High School
Craigmount High School

East Lothian only

North Berwick High School
Knox Academy (Haddington)
Dunbar Grammar School
Ross High School
Preston Lodge High School

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