Currie High School

Currie High School
Currie High School
Address
	Dolphin Avenue; Edinburgh, EH14 5RD; Scotland
Information
Motto	Labore et honore
Enrolment	727[1]
Website	http://curriehighschool.co.uk/

Currie Community High School is a six-year comprehensive school serving the south-west of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The school roll currently stands at 727 of whom 20% attend as a result of parental placing requests. The school's feeder primary schools are Currie Primary School, Nether Currie Primary School and Juniper Green Primary School. Several Labour Party politicians have made visits, including former First Minister Henry McLeish, also more recently First Minister Jack McConnell, Sarah Boyack and David Miliband. It has also been visited by William Hague and Malcolm Rifkind.

The school is a Community High School, offering classes, activities and events to the local community.

History

The present building opened in 1966 and was extensively refurbished between 1996 – 1998.

Notable former pupils

Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes
Kate Green, Labour MP
Andrew Oswald, Professor of Economics, University of Warwick[2]
Matt Scott, rugby player, multiple caps for Scotland
Andrew Oldcorn, professional golfer
Kathleen Jamie, writer, poet. Professor at Stirling University.[3]

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External links

References

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0042/00420794.xlsx
"CURRICULUM VITAE: ANDREW J. OSWALD" (PDF). Andrew Oswald. Andrew J. Oswald. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
Crown, Sarah (6 April 2012). "Kathleen Jamie: a life in writing". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

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[1] ttp://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0042/00420794.xlsx

[2] "CURRICULUM VITAE: ANDREW J. OSWALD" (PDF). Andrew Oswald. Andrew J. Oswald. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[3] Crown, Sarah (6 April 2012). "Kathleen Jamie: a life in writing". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

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