St Augustine's High School, Edinburgh

St. Augustine's High School, established in 1969, is a Roman Catholic secondary school serving the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, with approximately 840 pupils.

1. History

St. Augustine's RC High School was founded in August 1969. It was created on the Comprehensive School model by the merger of two existing Catholic schools: Holy Cross Academy, a selective secondary school which was established in 1907, and the non-selective St Andrew's Junior Secondary, which opened in 1962. St Augustine's moved to its present site serving the whole of the west of the city in August 1969. The new school is named after St Augustine of Hippo.

1. = New school =

St Augustine's moved onto a shared campus with Forrester High School in January 2010. The new building is situated on the former football pitches of the school. The new building is split into two halves. On the side closest to Saughton Park is Forrester High School. On the opposite side is St Augustine's with the only shared area being the swimming pool. This is shared on a Rota basis and the students are never taught in the same area at the same time.

1. Notable alumni


1. = Holy Cross Academy =

Gordon Cardinal Gray (1910–1993), Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh (1951–1985) Sir Francis McWilliams (1926–2022), engineer and former Lord Mayor of London (1992–1993) John Mackenzie (1928–2011), film director John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey (1929–2017), Solicitor-General for Scotland (1974–1978) Richard Demarco (born 1930), arts impresario Keith Cardinal O'Brien (1938–2018), Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh (1985–2013) Sir Tom Farmer (born 1940), entrepreneur Roy Geddes (1940–2006), chemist and biochemist in New Zealand Pat Stanton (born 1944), footballer Hibernian F.C., Scotland national football team Jimmy O'Rourke (1946–2022), footballer Hibernian F.C.

1. = St Augustine's High School =

Paul Cullen, Lord Pentland (born 1957), Solicitor General for Scotland (1995–1997), Senator of the College of Justice Stuart Wood (born 1957), rhythm and bass guitarist and member of the 1970s band the Bay City Rollers. Angus MacKay (born 1964), Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh South (Scottish Parliament constituency) (1999–2003), Minister for Finance and Local Government (2000–2001) Alison Johnstone (born 1965), Green Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothian region (2011–), Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament Diana Barry (born 1986), former footballer Panashe Muzambe (born 1995), professional rugby union player, Scotland women's national rugby union team

1. References


1. External links

Official School Website

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Forrester High School

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

School

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Forrester, Edinburgh

Forrester is a primarily residential area of Corstorphine, Edinburgh which has its own high school and rugby club. The closest railway stations are at South Gyle and Edinburgh Park, but it is itself wedged between the two railway lines. It is not to be confused with "Forrester Road", which is on the other side of Corstorphine on the slopes of Corstophine Hill. It is named for the Forrester Family, who used to be the lairds of Corstorphine. The area is featured in the novel Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh.

Neighbourhood Rugby

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Wester Broom

Wester Broom is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland. It borders Broomhouse/Forrester, Corstorphine and South Gyle. It is sometimes considered to be part of one of the latter two. It is mainly residential, with a few small shops and a large Tesco nearby. The Fife railway line is arguably the boundary, although some will extend it south to the Glasgow line, and to include Forresters and two schools.

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South Gyle

South Gyle (pronounced ) is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying on the western edge of the city and to the south and west of an area of former marshland once known as the Gogarloch, on the edge of Corstorphine. Most of the buildings in the area are of recent origin, dating from the later 1980s, 1990s, and early 21st century, with the exception of some farm workers' cottages and an early 1970s council estate abutting South Gyle railway station. South Gyle can be neatly divided into two main zones – a residential one, incorporating Gogarloch and the neighbouring area centred on South Gyle Mains; and a commercial/business one which incorporates the Gyle Shopping Centre, Edinburgh Park, Gyle Park (an actual park, but with some shopping centres near it), and South Gyle Crescent. The Royal Bank of Scotland and sportscotland are all based in this district. The Lochside development also features a number of busts of Scottish poets.

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