Blairgowrie High School is a
high school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
in
Blairgowrie, Scotland. Blairgowrie High School has 719 students (as of September census) from Blairgowrie and the surrounding area.
The current head teacher is Beverly Leslie.
History
The school was constructed between 1956 and 1958.
In 2005, the school was one of the first twenty eight schools in Scotland to be awarded
Schools of Ambition
The Schools of Ambition programme, also called the Schools of Ambition initiative, was a government programme in Scotland that aimed to improve school character and performance by offering struggling secondary schools philanthropist money and an ...
status.
Notable former pupils
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Fred MacAulay
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Background
Born in Perth, MacAula ...
- comedian
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Luke Sutherland
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Sutherla ...
- author
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Dougie MacLean
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- Folk singer and composer
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Bradley Neil
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Amateur career
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- Professional Golfer
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Jamie Robson - Footballer
See also
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Education in Scotland
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References
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Secondary schools in Perth and Kinross
1958 establishments in Scotland
Educational institutions established in 1958
Blairgowrie and Rattray
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