However, the main talking point from the list is that there has been a change in the Edinburgh school that finished second in the list. St Thomas of Aquin's High School also gained a lot of positions within the list. Firrhill High School rounded off the top five performing Edinburgh schools, gaining five places since 2020's results. Next up was Balerno Community High School, continuing the theme of improvement on the following year, going from 56th in the country, to 37th. of leavers 2020 position 9 Boroughmuir High School Edinburgh City 76% 73% 210 9 15 The Royal High School Edinburgh City 59% 70% 202 33 26 James Gillespie's High School Edinburgh City 68% 62% 201 15 22 St Thomas of Aquin's High School Edinburgh City 55% 65% 126 42 27 Firrhill High School Edinburgh City 60% 62% 192 32 29 Currie Community High School Edinburgh City 54% 62% 118 46 37 Balerno Community High Scool Edinburgh City 52% 60% 112 56 63 Craigmount High School Edinburgh City 51% 53% 231 63 109 Queensferry Community High School Edinburgh City 43% 45% 148 115 110 Portobello High School Edinburgh City 40% 45% 234 140 140 Trinity Academy Edinburgh City 51% 41% 150 66 148 Broughton High School Edinburgh City 41% 41% 222 133 180 Liberton High School Edinburgh City 21% 39% 107 309 218 Leith Academy Edinburgh City 33% 35% 146 226 226 St Augustine's High School Edinburgh City 37% 34% 125 183 257 Tynecastle High School Edinburgh City 22% 32% 103 305 265 Drummond Community High School Edinburgh City 29% 31% 54 256 279 Forrester High School Edinburgh City 17% 29% 114 320 296 Craigroyston Community High School Edinburgh City 9% 27% 91 338 335 Wester Hailes Education Centre Edinburgh City 11% 14% 57 336READ NEXT:Edinburgh teenager arrested after crash lands woman in hospitalEast Lothian good samaritans clean local graveyards after council staffing issuesWest Lothian prisoner slashed fellow inmate with 'mystery weapon' in lunch queueKind-hearted Edinburgh boy will cut his long hair to support best friend with cancerEdinburgh Council give green light for Fopp record store to be turned into new cocktail bar

Source: The Times June 22, 2022 15:17 UTC