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Education provision in Scotland

Explore nursery, primary and secondary provision, special schools, childcare, colleges and universities by council.

School age-stage provisions are counted separately: a primary school with a nursery contributes two provisions. Special is a separate characteristic, not another age stage. The school sources are January 2026 for publicly funded schools and August 2026 for independent schools. Childcare registrations overlap with school nurseries and are not added to them. Higher-education and college listings use verified locations, not an exhaustive campus inventory. No inspection ratings or school rankings are supplied.

Local councils (32)

• Aberdeen City
• Aberdeenshire
• Angus
• Argyll and Bute
• City of Edinburgh
• Clackmannanshire
• Dumfries and Galloway
• Dundee City
• East Ayrshire
• East Dunbartonshire
• East Lothian
• East Renfrewshire
• Falkirk
• Fife
• Glasgow City
• Highland
• Inverclyde
• Midlothian
• Moray
• Na h-Eileanan Siar
• North Ayrshire
• North Lanarkshire
• Orkney Islands
• Perth and Kinross
• Renfrewshire
• Scottish Borders
• Shetland Islands
• South Ayrshire
• South Lanarkshire
• Stirling
• West Dunbartonshire
• West Lothian