Holy Rood High School, Edinburgh

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, Scotland. It is about half a mile a way from Castlebrae Community High School.

1. Headteacher and senior leadership team

The headteacher is Joan Daly. She is assisted by depute headteachers Martin Connelly, Fiona Forbes, James Campbell, business manager Linsey McKay and senior development officer Michael Scott. Dennis Canavan is a former Assistant Head.

1. History

The original Holy Rood RC High School was opened in 1971, 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.

1. Admissions

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

1. Alumni

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

1. Notes


1. 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

1. External links

HMIE Inspection Reports