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.
17. St Mungo's Academy
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18. Knightswood Secondary School
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19. Hillpark Secondary School
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20. Castlemilk High School
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