Broughton High School, Edinburgh

Broughton High School
Location
29 East Fettes Avenue

Edinburgh
,
City of Edinburgh
,
EH4 1EG

Scotland

55°57′37.58″N 3°13′17.36″W / 55.9604389°N 3.2214889°W / 55.9604389; -3.2214889
Information
TypeState Comprehensive
MottoFortiter et Recte
Established1887
Local authority
City of Edinburgh Council
Headteacher
Roberta Porter
Staffapprox. 110
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1260
HousesNapier, Adam, Scott, Raeburn, and most recently Thorne
Colours       
White, black, red and yellow
Websitehttp://www.broughton.edin.sch.uk

Broughton High School is a secondary school located in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2009, the building at Inverleith was replaced with a building funded by a public–private partnership. The school is currently situated next to Inverleith Park, in the Stockbridge neighbourhood of Edinburgh but was formerly in Broughton. The poet Hugh MacDiarmid attended what was then the Broughton Higher Grade School between 1908 and 1911.

Description

In 2016 the school was named in Tatler's list of top state schools.

The school is home to a specialised music department: the City of Edinburgh Music School which nearly faced closure in 2018. Along with the music school Broughton has a specialist dance department. Broughton is also one of seven schools in Scotland chosen by the Scottish Football Association to support talented young footballers with extra coaching. As of 2018, the dedicated coach for the young players at Broughton is former Hibernian player Keith Wright.

The school's motto Fortiter et Recte is Latin for 'strongly and rightly'.

According to the Scottish Government's Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation statistics Broughton High School is the most socio-economically diverse school in the City of Edinburgh. [citation needed]

The Senior Leadership Team in July 2024 consisted of the Headteacher (John J. Wilson) and three Deputy Headteachers. The school also has a Director of Music and a Business Manager. In

In May 2024 Angus Robertson MSP for Edinburgh Central visited Broughton High School. Mr Robertson commended the school for its sustained improvements in attainment for the since 2014.

On 28 September the Headteacher was invited as a Local Hero to the 25th Anniversary of the opening of the Scottish Parliament.

Scottish Parliament 25th Anniversary Celebrating Local Heroes

HMI(E) report

In the last report, issued in September 2011, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education concluded that areas of strength were the school's leadership, care and welfare and specialist provisions. It stated that development was required on areas such as overall achievement, expectations and consistency.

In February 2014, the school received a follow-up report which concluded that improvements had been made. The report stated that S4-S6 attainment in 2013 was the highest in the last three years.

Notable alumni

References

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  18. 1 2 "Jazz star Tommy Smith furious over plans to close music school". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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  20. ↑ Munro, David M.; Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David (2006). Scotland: an encyclopedia of places & landscape. Royal Scottish Geographical Society (1. publ ed.). Glasgow: Collins [u.a.] p. 90p. ISBN 978-0-00-472466-9.
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  22. ↑ "Drama Students' Scripts Performed at Traverse". Broughton High School, Edinburgh. 1 December 2016. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  23. ↑ "Sir David Murray from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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  26. ↑ Johnson, Phil (29 March 2023). "Scotland call-up for Broughton High School pupil Emma Watson at age of 17". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
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