Currie High School
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.
| Currie High School | |
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Dolphin Avenue Edinburgh , EH14 5RD Scotland | |
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| Motto | Labore et honore |
| Enrolment | 727[1] |
| Website | http://curriehighschool.co.uk/ |
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.
Notable former pupils
- Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes
- Kate Green, Labour MP
- Kathleen Jamie, writer, poet. Professor at Stirling University.[2]
- Lewis MacDougall, Actor
- Andrew Oldcorn, professional golfer
- Andrew Oswald, Professor of Economics, University of Warwick[3]
- Peter Sawkins, Winner of The Great British Bake Off 2020
- Matt Scott, rugby player, multiple caps for Scotland
External links
References
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0042/00420794.xlsx
- Crown, Sarah (6 April 2012). "Kathleen Jamie: a life in writing". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- "CURRICULUM VITAE: ANDREW J. OSWALD" (PDF). Andrew Oswald. Andrew J. Oswald. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.