Forrester High School

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Forrester High School
Address
Forrester High School
212 Broomhouse Road

Edinburgh
,
EH12 9AE

Scotland
Coordinates 55°55′54″N3°17′16″W / 55.9317°N 3.2879°W / 55.9317; -3.2879
Information
TypeMixed secondary
Local authorityEdinburgh City Council
HeadteacherStephen Rafferty
GenderMixed
Enrolment700 [1]
HousesRedpath, Burns, Telford
Website http://www.forrester.edin.sch.uk/

Forrester High School is a secondary school in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Contents

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

Forrester's pupils are split into three houses:

Feeder schools

Forrester High School's feeder schools are Broomhouse Primary, Carrick Knowe Primary, Gylemuir Primary and Murrayburn Primary School.

Notable alumni

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References

  1. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0042/00420794.xlsx [ dead link ]