Holy Rood High School, Edinburgh

Holy Rood RC High School
Location
Duddingston Road West Edinburgh , EH15 1ST Scotland
Coordinates	55°56′29″N3°08′33″W / 55.94131°N 3.14237°W / 55.94131; -3.14237
Information
Type	Secondary
Motto	Spes Nostra (Our Hope)
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholicism
Established	1971
Local authority	City of Edinburgh [1]
Headteacher	Joan Daly
Deputy Headteachers	Martin Connolly, Fiona Forbes, Chris Moore, Derek Ferguson
Gender	Mixed
Age	11to 18
Website	http://www.holyroodrchighschool.co.uk/

Holy Rood High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school situated on the edge of Holyrood Park, near Arthur's Seat beside Duddingston Village, in Edinburgh. It is about half a mile a way from Castlebrae Community High School.

Headteacher and senior leadership team

The headteacher is Joan Daly. She is assisted by depute headteachers Chris Moore, Martin Connelly, Fiona Forbes and business manager Derek Ferguson. Dennis Canavan is a former Assistant Head.

History

The original Holy Rood RC High School was opened in 1971, ^[2] when it replaced St Anthony's Secondary School.

The current school building was officially opened in September 2009 with the original 1970s build being demolished.

On the 4th April 2025, rapper JAAD and influencer Caz Milligan showed up outside the school gate and began rapping on top of a car. No one knew that this was going to happen. They handed out pizza to students and filmed videos, which have since been taken down from YouTube and TikTok. ^[3]

Admissions

The school has a current pupil roll of approximately 1050 pupils and 80 teaching staff.

Alumni

• Pauline Knowles (1967-2018), actress and singer
• Lewis Vaughan (born 1995), footballer

Notes

1. Webb 2011, p. 3.
2. "Holy Rood RC Secondary School". www.scottisharchitects.org.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
3. https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-schools-tiktok-influencer-caz-milligan-and-rapper-jaad-turn-up-uninvited-at-portobello-high-5079986

References

• Webb, Chris (3 May 2011), Holy Rood High School, The City of Edinburgh Council (PDF), HM Inspectorate of Education, archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015, retrieved 20 December 2014

External links

• HMIE Inspection Reports