Education in Edinburgh

Scotland may be a small nation but its education system has a huge reputation, with Edinburgh at its centre. Known as a ‘world influencer’, Edinburgh has a highly-educated workforce and a concentration of knowledge intensive industries, placing it alongside London as one of the UK’s two ‘ideopolises’.

Edinburgh city region has some of Scotland’s best schools and possesses world-leading universities and five-star research institutions such as Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh. The region caters for a full range of educational needs, spanning the state and independent sectors, from impressive nursery school provision through to the best in higher education.

The city region’s inspiring environment has an important influence on students’ educational experience, encouraging the pursuit of excellence. Many of Edinburgh’s students, once qualified, choose to stay in the region to become one of the capital’s many professionals enjoying the cultured and cosmopolitan lifestyle.

This section of the website provides information about child education up to the age of 16. Information on adult and young adult education (higher and further education) is available in the STUDY section of this website.