Milne's High School

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Milne's High School
Milnes High School Fochabers.jpg
Milne's High School.
Address
Milne's High School
West Street

Fochabers
,
Moray
,
IV32 7DJ

Scotland
Coordinates 57°36′35″N3°6′1″W / 57.60972°N 3.10028°W / 57.60972; -3.10028
Information
Type Secondary school
MottoAlacriate Ac Studio
(With speed and zeal)
Established1846
FounderAlexander Milne [1]
Local authority The Moray Council
Head teacherJemma Playfair
GenderAny
Age range11-18
Houses
  • Spey 1
  • Spey 2
  • Tynet 1
  • Tynet 2
  • Inchberry
Website www.milneshighschool.org.uk

Milne's High School is a secondary school in Fochabers, Moray, Scotland.

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The school's feeder primaries are Milne's Primary School, Lhanbryde Primary School and Mosstodloch Primary School. The school is divided into four houses: Spey 1, Spey 2, Tynet 1, Tynet 2 and Inchberry. The current head teacher is Jemma Playfair. [2]

History

The original Milne's High School buildings, now Milne's Primary School. Milne's Primary School - geograph.org.uk - 201204.jpg
The original Milne's High School buildings, now Milne's Primary School.

Milnes High School was bequeathed by entrepreneur Alexander Milne and was built in 1846 to a design by Thomas Mackenzie. The building was superseded as the secondary school when the new Milne's High School was built, being completed in 1989. [3]

In 2014, an education review suggested that Milne's be closed and its pupils attend neighbouring schools. [4] This suggestion was responded to poorly by the local residents, and many locals primarily from Fochabers and Mosstodloch showed up in protest to prevent the decision for the school's closure to be made. The protests were joined by then Member of Parliament for Moray, Angus Robertson. [5] A final decision was made in November 2014 guaranteeing it would be kept open. [6]

List of head teachers

Plaque of the list of rectors of Milne's High School Milne's High School Rectors Plaque.jpg
Plaque of the list of rectors of Milne's High School
List of head teachers (1846–present)
NameTermRef
Alex Anderson1846–1849 [7]
Patrick R. Smith1849–1852
William Ogilvie1852–1860
Robert Ogilvie1860–1868
Allen R. Andrew1868–1875
Alexander Lobban1875–1880
William Smith1880–1901
WM. Wishart1901–1932
George Thomson1932–1943
Henry Humble1943–1950
J.H. Sangster1950–1972
Alexander Glass1972–1977
Norman J. Horne1977–1985
Lindsay S.G. Matheson1985–1997
Gordon McPherson1997–2007
Carol Stuart2008–2012
Elizabeth Woods2013–2015
Patricia Cameron2015–2021
C. Boyle2021–2022
Jemma Playfair2022–present

References

  1. ↑ "Founder". Moray Council. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Beresford, Alan (15 November 2023). "New staff reflect on first term at 'aspirational' Milne's High School". The Northen Scot. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Milnes High School". Milnes High School - Moray Government. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Milne's High School Archives".
  5. ↑ Robertson, John (27 October 2014). "Mass protest march to save Milne's High School". The Press and Journal . p. 1. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Moray Council school closure moratorium agreed". BBC News . 4 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Milne's High School rectors plaque. Retrieved 20 May 2024


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