Forrester High School
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| Forrester High School | |
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212 Broomhouse Road Edinburgh , EH12 9AE Scotland 55°55′54″N 3°17′16″W / 55.9317°N 3.2879°W | |
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| Type | Mixed secondary |
Local authority | Edinburgh City Council |
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Headteacher | Stephen Small |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Enrolment | 700[1] |
| Houses | Redpath, Burns, Telford |
| Website | https://forresterhighschool.org.uk/ |
Forrester High School is a secondary school in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
St Augustine's High School, an RC secondary, moved onto a shared campus with Forrester High School in January 2010. Previously the schools had been next to each other.
Houses
[edit]Forrester's pupils are split into three houses:
- Telford House
- Redpath House
- Burns House
Feeder schools
[edit]Forrester High School's feeder schools are Broomhouse Primary, Carrick Knowe Primary, Gylemuir Primary and Murrayburn Primary School.
Notable alumni
[edit]- Arthur Albiston – Retired footballer[2]
- Ryan Harding – Retired footballer[citation needed]
- Davey Johnstone – Rock musician[3]
- Allan McGregor – Retired footballer, current goalkeeping coach at Rangers[4]
- Les McKeown – Bay City Rollers[5]
- Marjorie Ritchie – Zoologist involved in cloning Dolly the Sheep[6]
- John Swinney – SNP politician and First Minister of Scotland[7]
- Jamie Walker – Footballer[citation needed]
- Lee Wallace – Retired footballer[8]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0042/00420794.xlsx [dead link]
- ↑ "Arthur Albiston recalls his Liverpool-slaying Manchester United days, part in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer move and that Antti Niemi phonecall". The Scotsman. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
- ↑ "Elton and me, by the pop legend's Scottish guitarist Davey Johnstone". The Herald. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
- ↑ "The making of Allan McGregor: Inside the years that formed a Rangers legend". Rangers Review. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
- ↑ "Les McKeown, frontman of the Bay City Rollers, darlings of 1970s teenyboppers whose hits included Bye, Bye, Baby and Give a Little Love – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London. 22 April 2021. Archived from the original on 5 September 2026. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
- ↑ "Obituary: Marjorie Ritchie, animal scientist". The Scotsman. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
- ↑ "Biography | John Swinney MSP". www.johnswinney.scot. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
- ↑ "Hearts star in court on gun threat charge". www.express.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
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