I am moving to Edinburgh from S Africa. Need advice on the best areas with a good secondary school?

These are the secondary schools in Edinburgh





Balerno Community High chool


Boroughmuir High School


Broughton High School


Castlebrae Community High School


Craigmount High School


Currie High School


Drummond High School


Firrhill High School


Forrester High School


Gracemount High School


Holyrood High School


James Gillespies High School


Leith Academy


Liberton High School


Portobello High School


St. Augustines High School


St Thomas of Aquins High School


The Royal High School


Trinity Academy


Tynecastle High School


Wester Hailes Education Centre





(George Heriots is a Private School)





Of these I would say Leith Academy, James Gillespies %26amp; the Royal High are the best. (I went to Leith Academy).





read about them belowI am moving to Edinburgh from S Africa. Need advice on the best areas with a good secondary school?
A substantial number of people in Edinburgh send their kids to fee paying schools.





A good way to find out about and the names of Edinburgh schools is 'Friends reunited'





I seem to remember good state schools being Royal High, Heriots, Trinity, Boroughmuir (not in any order)








Have a look at www.nurseryandschoolguide.co.ukI am moving to Edinburgh from S Africa. Need advice on the best areas with a good secondary school?
Try the Mrningside, Marchmont and Bruntsfield areas. There are good schools such as Boroughmuir and James Gillespie's.
Stay in South Africa lol, you must be mad moving to edinburgh!
it would be a good idea to check out the schools first.... some schools are better for computers. some better for P.E and so on
THE ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL.





VERY good area cos the catchment is from the good suburbs; the walls are wooden panalled (or so I have heard) and they have pictures of old headmasters in their assembly hall. its meant to be a good school.
You really need to research this properly because to go to a school you need to live in that catchment area and it stands to reason that the best schools are in the areas where the houses are the most expensive. This is a vicious circle because the better the school the better name it gets and the more people are prepared to pay to live within the catchment area.





Out of the state schools there are no exceptionally bad or good ones in reality. Many vary year to year depending on who is living in the area at the time. They all follow the same curriculum and offer the same kind of range of topics.
OMG dont listen to KATTY she has no socks and comes from niddre





go to some private school !
Royal High has a very good name. over here you have to live in the area you are going to school in. So keep that in mind.
Muirhouse or Niddrie will offer a unique education