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.
13. Eastbank Academy
Eastbank Academy is ranked 13th in Glasgow and 178th in Scotland. It has a school roll of 1,112 and 76.4% of pupils are from deprived households. | Eastbank Academy, Shettleston
14. King's Park Secondary School
King's Park Secondary School is ranked 14th in Glasgow and 182nd in Scotland. | Glasgow School of Art, Library and Archives.
15. Cleveden Secondary School
Cleveden Secondary School is ranked 15th in Glasgow and 216th in Scotland. | Cleveden Secondary School
16. St Roch's Secondary School
St Roch's is ranked 16th in Glasgow and 229th in Scotland with 31% attaining the gold standard. The secondary school has 740 pupils, 85.8% are from deprived households. | St Roch's Secondary School