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Forrester High School is a secondary school in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
| Forrester High School | |
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 Entrance in 2025 | |
| Location | |
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212 Broomhouse Road Edinburgh , EH12 9AE Scotland | |
| Coordinates | 55°55′54″N 3°17′16″W / 55.9317°N 3.2879°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Mixed secondary |
Local authority | Edinburgh City Council |
| 5532736 Tables | |
Headteacher | Stephen Small |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Enrolment | 700[1] |
| Houses | Redpath, Burns, Telford |
| Website | https://forresterhighschool.org.uk/ |
St Augustine's High School, an RC secondary, moved onto a shared campus with Forrester High School in January 2010. Previously the schools had been next to each other.
Houses
editForrester's pupils are split into three houses:
- Telford House
- Redpath House
- Burns House
Feeder schools
editForrester High School's feeder schools are Broomhouse Primary, Carrick Knowe Primary, Gylemuir Primary and Murrayburn Primary School.
Notable alumni
edit- Arthur Albiston – Retired footballer
- Ryan Harding – Retired footballer
- Davey Johnstone – Rock musician
- Allan McGregor – Retired footballer, current goalkeeping coach at Rangers
- Les McKeown – Bay City Rollers
- Graeme Souness – Retired footballer (dispute this: Graeme Souness went to Carrickvale secondary school in Edinburgh, after Broomhouse primary school. Most Broomhouse primary school pupils did go to Forrester, but Graeme lived in Saughton Mains, so went to Carrickvale).
- John Swinney – SNP politician and First Minister of Scotland
- Jamie Walker – Footballer
- Lee Wallace – Retired footballer