Scottish Borders, located in the south east of Scotland, has a population of 110,240 spread across a broad geographic area of 4,732 square kilometres. The council comprises the four counties of Berwickshire, Roxburghshire, Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire. There are 76 publicly funded schools, including 65 primaries and 9 secondaries and 2 special schools, 15,400 pupils attend these schools, including 8,377 primary pupils, 7,023 secondary pupils and 2 special school pupils.