Schools makeit into top 100 on‘gold’list

The Community School of Auchterarder has been named the best performing Perth and Kinross school in terms of attaining Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘gold standard’ of five highers.

The through school saw 54 per cent of pupils achieve the feat and ranked 51st out of 340 state schools across Scotland.

Crieff High School was 59th on the list with 52 per cent.

Perth High School saw 50 per cent of pupils achieve five highers, finishing 72nd in Scotland overall.

Kinross High School was close behind in 78th place with 48 per cent of pupils achieving five highers.

Also in the top 100 was Breadalbane Academy with 45 per cent of pupils achieving five highers meaning it placed 96th overall on the list, which is compiled by The Times.

St Johns’s Academy scored 43 per cent (115th), Blairgowrie High 38 per cent (168th), Perth Academy 34 per cent (211th), and Perth Grammar School 29 per cent (259th).

Jordanhill School, in the Glasgow’s west end, has once again topped the table with 86 per cent of pupils reaching the mark. St Ninian’s in East

Renfrewshire took second place with 80 per cent achieving gold standard and Gryffe High School in Renfrewshire came third with 80 per cent.

Other schools making the top 10 include Dunblane High School in Stirling, Mearns Castle High School in East Renfrewshire, Bearsden Academy in East Dunbartonshire and Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh.

All schools that made the top ten achieved scores between 74 and 80 per cent, with the worst performing school receiving 15 per cent.