Boroughmuir High School
Address
Map
111 Viewforth

Edinburgh
,
EH11 1FL

Scotland
Coordinates55°56′27.62″N 3°12′52.6″W / 55.9410056°N 3.214611°W / 55.9410056; -3.214611}
Information
MottoJustus et Tenax
(Latin: "Just and Tenacious")
Established1904
Local authorityCity of Edinburgh Council
HeadteacherDavid Dempster
Staff119
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrollment1310[1]
HousesWesthall, Hartington, Viewforth, Leamington, Montpelier, Bruntsfield
Colour(s)     
Green, navy and black
PublicationThe Crest Newspaper
Websitehttp://www.boroughmuir.edin.sch.uk/
Old Boroughmuir High School - now converted to flats

Boroughmuir High School is a non-denominational secondary school in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Buildings

It was founded in 1904, and located at 22–24 Warrender Park Crescent, overlooking Bruntsfield Links, in a building designed by John Alexander Carfrae,[2] and remembered by Muriel Spark as 'the school on the links'.[3] Built as Boroughmuir School, the building became James Gillespies in 1913 when the new Boroughmuir on Viewforth was opened. After the new Gillespie's was opened the building became Boroughmuir again as the 'Junior School' housing first and second years. The building on the links is now University of Edinburgh student residences.[4]

The school moved to a site at 26 Viewforth, also designed by Carfrae, from 1913 to 2018.[5] Built as a ‘higher grade’ school, the building was designed to accommodate over 1200 pupils in 40 classrooms. It was a large '8 block' centred around two quads (with a gymnasium at the lower ground floor), the perimeter corridor and surrounding classrooms had large tripartite windows and corridor windows facing the 'quad'. Additional wings, dining halls, glazed roofs and mezzanine floors were added later as the school struggled for space[6] The school also used nearby St Oswalds Hall as an annex.[7]

In June 2018 the school moved to the new building at 111 Viewforth in Fountainbridge on the site of a demolished brewery.[8][9] The new building was named the Building of the Year by Edinburgh Architectural Association,[10] and also won the RIAS Award 2018 and RIBA Award for Scotland.[11]

Catchment area

Its catchment area is in the south side of the city, and includes Bruntsfield, Buckstone, and South Morningside Primary Schools.

Achievements

In 2011 Boroughmuir's exam results were the fourth best state school results in Scotland.[12] Boroughmuir High School was also awarded the high achievement of State School of the Year in 2012 and 2018 by the Sunday Times Newspaper.[13][14]

Boroughmuir High School new building
Boroughmuir High School new building
The School on the Links
The School on the Links
Corridors around the 'quads'
Corridors around the 'quads'
War Memorial Arch
War Memorial Arch
Glazed roof over the quad
Glazed roof over the quad

History

The school was opened by the Secretary of State for Scotland, Thomas McKinnon Wood in 1914. At the ceremony the Secretary of State was heckled by a member of the Women's Suffrage Movement, according to reports "an elderly lady seized the opportunity and made her way to the front of the audience, producing a small bag of flour from her muff and, as she threw it on Mr McKinnon Wood, she asked “Why do you torture women?” (Evening News 19 January 1914).[15]

Lewis Romanis served as headteacher for 16 years from 1967 to 1982.[16] He was succeeded by T.W. Dalgleish who headed the school until 2000.[15]

The new school building was opened by Minister for Higher and Further Education and Science, Shirley-Anne Somerville[17] accompanied by Councillor Adam McVey, Leader of the City of Edinburgh Council[18]

War memorial

Three volumes of the Boroughmuir High School Magazine including the Roll of Honour names of pupils who served and died in WW1 were digitised as part of the University of Oxford 'lest we forget' project in 2018 and can be viewed online [19]

Notable alumni

See also: Category:People educated at Boroughmuir High School

Former teachers

Front gates on Viewforth
Front gates on Viewforth
St Oswalds Hall
St Oswalds Hall

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