Currie High School

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Currie Community High School
Currie Community High School (coat of arms).jpeg
Location
Currie High School
Dolphin Avenue

Edinburgh
,
EH14 5RD

Scotland
Information
MottoLabore et honore
Established1966
HeadteacherJennifer Hutchison [1]
Age11yrsto 18yrs
Enrolment727 [2]
HousesHermiston, Kinleith and Lennox
Colour(s)   
Red, Blue and Green
Website http://curriehighschool.co.uk/

Currie Community High School is a six-year comprehensive school serving the south-west of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The school roll currently stands at 727 of whom 20% attend as a result of parental placing requests. The school's feeder primary schools are Currie Primary School, Nether Currie Primary School and Juniper Green Primary School. Several Labour Party politicians have made visits, including former First Minister Henry McLeish, also more recently First Minister Jack McConnell, Sarah Boyack and David Miliband. It has also been visited by William Hague and Malcolm Rifkind.

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The school is a Community High School, offering classes, activities and events to the local community.

History

The present building opened in 1966 and was extensively refurbished between 1996 – 1998.

a new high school building opened in August 2025 replacing the original building

Notable alumni

Headteachers

References

  1. ↑ "HT Video Messages". 26 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ Crown, Sarah (6 April 2012). "Kathleen Jamie: a life in writing". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "CURRICULUM VITAE: ANDREW J. OSWALD" (PDF). Andrew Oswald. Andrew J. Oswald. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

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