Established 1960 Headteacher Graham Hamilton Phone +44 131 441 4501 Founded 1960 | Type State secondary Staff 121 approx Motto Air-carraig | |
Deputy Headteacher Roberta Porter, Nick McClellan & Julie Statham Location 9 Oxgangs Road North
Edinburgh
EH14 1DP
Scotland Address 9 Oxgangs Rd N, Edinburgh EH14 1DP, UK Similar Borough High School, Gracemo High School, Craigmou High School, James Gillespie's High Sch, The Royal High School | ||
Firrhill high school 50 years of learning
Firrhill High School is a state-run secondary school located in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. The school was established in 1960, being unveiled by the city's Lord Provost. The school has around 1123 students with a teaching staff of around 120. The school serves areas such as Oxgangs, Colinton Mains, Colinton Village, Bonaly, Fairmilehead, Buckstone, Craiglockhart and Longstone.
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- Firrhill high school 50 years of learning
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- Headteacher and SMT
- Houses
- Notable former pupils and teachers
- Her Majestys Inspectorate of Education
- References
In 2001 the school underwent drastic refurbishing work, with several run-down buildings dating from the 1960s being either refurbished or demolished with new buildings being built in their place. This was completed in mid-2005. The school was refurbished by a Private Finance Initiative.
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Headteacher and SMT
The current headteacher is Graham Hamilton. Nick McClellan, Julie Statham and Roberta Porter are the deputy head teachers.
Houses
Pupils at the school are separated into three groups, known as "houses". The houses are:
The Houses are named after three of the Pentland hills, to the south of Edinburgh and in sight of the school. Each pupils tie has the colour of their house on it, Allermuir green, Braidlaw purple, and Caerketton light blue. The head of Allermuir is Julie Statham, the head of Braidlaw is Roberta Porter, and the head of Caerketton is Nick McClellan.
Notable former pupils and teachers
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education
On 13 June 2006 Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education reported on the school. The inspectors identified as key strengths "The coherent and progressive programme of enterprise activities from S1-S6" and "The high standards of attainment at S5/S6". The report also commended the strong direction given by the Head Teacher Karen Prophet.
The Report also commended the condition of the school saying that the school was well-designed and had good specialist teaching areas and had good social areas for pupils.
HM Inspectorate of Education issued a follow up report on 22 April 2008. The report identified "good" or "very good" progress regarding all the items identified for action in the 2006 inspection report, and found no need to conduct further follow-up inspections.