Jordanhill School is the best school in Glasgow, and in Scotland, extended its lead in the rankings for the ninth consecutive year with a record 94 per cent of pupils leaving the school with the Scottish government’s “gold standard” of five highers or equivalents.
The only mainstream, publicly-funded school in Scotland not under council control outstripped its nearest competitor by a clear 10 percentage points. Jordanhill is more than 30 percentage points clear of Hyndland Secondary, the top performing council run school in Glasgow, which just failed to make the top 20 this year.
Glasgow’s top seven schools sit along a four-mile stretch of the west of the city, with St Thomas Aquinas in Scotstoun, neighbouring Jordanhill, Hyndland, Notre Dame and Hillhead, then Finnieston.
Shawlands Academy was the most improved school in Glasgow, jumping from 155th place in Scotland to 70th in the Scottish Government data, published by The Sunday Times.
9. Lourdes Secondary School
Lourdes is ranked 9th in Glasgow and 133rd in Scotland. It has a school roll of 1,513, with 58.1% of pupils from deprived households. | Lourdes Secondary School
10. Bannerman High School.
Bannerman High School is ranked 10th in Glasgow and 149th in Scotland with 39% of pupils attaining the gold standard for exam results. | Google
11. Holyrood Secondary School
Holyrood is ranked 11th in Glasgow and 172nd in Scotland. | Holyrood Secondary School
12. Bellahouston Academy
Bellahouston Academy is ranked 12th in Glasgow and 173rd in Scotland. | Bellahouston Academy