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| Gracemount High School | |
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| Address | |
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136 Lasswade Road , EH16 6TZ Scotland | |
| Information | |
| Motto | Responsible, Respectful, Safe |
| Established | 29 October 1959 |
| Headteacher | Ross Hunter |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 620 |
| Houses | Skye, Lewis, Tiree |
| Colour(s) | Red, yellow, green |
| Website | https://www.gracemounthighschool.co.uk/ |
Gracemount High School (GHS) is a non-denominational six-year comprehensive secondary school serving south-east Edinburgh, Scotland. It has a current roll of over 600 pupils and around 80 staff. It is operated by City of Edinburgh Council, the local education authority. No current inspection report is available and it was last inspected in 2013.[1][2]
League tables, published in 2019, ranking the percentage of pupils attaining five or more awards at SCQF Level 6 (Scottish Higher) in 2019, placed Gracemount High at 331 out of 339 schools with 13 per cent; the Scottish Government benchmark figure for GHS was 22.[3] The Scottish Government's school information dashboard for Gracemount High shows attainment levels at SCQF Level 3 in S3 at over 90 per cent for reading and listening and talking in 2018-19; 73 per cent of pupils leave with at least one award at SCQF level 5 or better.[4]
- ^ "Education Scotland Inspection Reports page for Gracemount High School". Education Scotland Inspection Reports. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Top Edinburgh schools go 10 years without inspections". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "In full: How every secondary school in Scotland ranks in exam league table". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "Summary statistics for schools in Scotland no. 10: 2019 edition - gov.scot". www.gov.scot. Retrieved 4 May 2020.