Broughton High School is a secondary school located in the north of

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, Scotland. In 2009, the building at Inverleith was replaced with a building funded by a

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. The school is currently situated next to

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Park, in the Stockbridge neighbourhood of Edinburgh but was formerly in Broughton, where the poet

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was a pupil.

Description

The school was recently named in Tatlers list of top state schools. The school is home to a specialised music department: the

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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

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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 'to have the strength to do the right thing'. The Senior Leadership Team consists of the Headteacher (John J Wilson) and three Deputy Headteachers (P Cumming, S Bennett and L Stewart). The school also has a Director of Music (T Morris) and a Business Manager (J Wallace).

HMI(E) report

In the last report, issued in September 2011,

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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

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, bagpiper * Alan Bold, Critic and Poet *

Mary Fee Mary Christina Fee (born 23 March 1954) is a Scottish politician who was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West Scotland region from 2011 to 2021. A member of the Scottish Labour Party, she was its deputy spokesperson for a nu ...

, Scottish Labour Party politician *

Shirley Manson Shirley Ann Manson (born 26 August 1966) is a Scottish musician and actress. She is best known as the lead singer of the American alternative rock band Garbage. Manson gained media attention for her forthright style, rebellious attitude, and di ...

, lead singer of Garbage *

Sean McKirdy Sean McKirdy (born 12 April 1998) is a Scottish footballer who last played as a midfielder for Lowland League club Kelty Hearts. Career McKirdy began his career as a youth player at Hutchison Vale. After signing professional terms with Hearts ...

, footballer * David Murray, Entrepreneur, Scottish Businessman *

Angus Robertson Angus Struan Carolus Robertson (born 28 September 1969) is a Scottish politician serving as the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture since 2021. Former Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 201 ...

SNP politician * Tommy Smith, saxophonist, composer

References

External links

Broughton High School website

Broughton High School's page on Scottish Schools Online

City of Edinburgh Music School Website

Photo of New School Building
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