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secondary school serving the west of

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, Scotland, with approximately 700 pupils.

History

St. Augustine's RC High School was founded in August 1969. It was created on the Comprehensive School model by the merger of two existing Catholic schools: Holy Cross Academy, a selective secondary school which was established in 1907, and the non-selective St Andrew's Junior Secondary, which opened in 1962. St Augustine's moved to its present site serving the whole of the west of the city in August 1969. The new school is named after

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of Hippo.

New school

St Augustine's moved onto a shared campus with

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in January 2010. The new building is situated on the former football pitches of the school. The new building is split into two halves. On the side closest to Saughton Park is Forrester High School. On the opposite side is St Augustine's with the only shared area being the swimming pool. This is shared on a Rota basis and the students are never taught in the same area at the same time.

Notable alumni

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, footballer (Holy Cross Academy) *

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Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothian region * Gordon Cardinal Gray, who served as

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from 1951 to 1985 (Holy Cross Academy) * Keith Cardinal O'Brien, who served as

from 1985 to 2013 * Paul Cullen, Lord Pentland, former

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, now a Senator of the College of Justice (Holy Cross Academy) * Stuart Wood, rhythm and bass guitarist and member of the 1970s band the Bay City Rollers. * Sir

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, entrepreneur (Holy Cross Academy) * Richard Demarco, arts impresario (Holy Cross Academy) *

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, former Solicitor-General for Scotland (Holy Cross Academy) * Angus MacKay, former

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Member of the Scottish Parliament * Sir Francis McWilliams, engineer and former Lord Mayor of London (Holy Cross Academy) * Jimmy O'Rourke, footballer (Holy Cross Academy)

References

External links

Official School Website
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