Liberton High School

Liberton High School is a secondary school in Liberton, in the south of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is located on Gilmerton Road. The school roll for the 2014–15 academic year was 610.

Liberton High School
Liberton High School 1981
Liberton High School 1981
Address
Gilmerton Road

Edinburgh
,
EH17 7PT

Scotland
Information
Established14 May 1959
Acting HeadteacherAlison Humphreys
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment610[1]
HousesForth, Dee & Tay
Colour(s)     
Blue, green and red
Websitehttp://www.liberton.edin.sch.uk/

Liberton High School has had certain great achievements in sports, such as the undefeated girls hockey XI in 1970-71.

In football, they were the first Edinburgh school to win the Scottish Schools Secondary Shield, in 1966.

On 1 April 2014, a 12-year-old girl was killed when a wall collapsed in one of the school Physical Education department's changing rooms.[2]

It was announced in December 2020 as part of a £80M funding in education that was announced by John Swinney as Deputy First Minister of Scotland that Liberton High School would be rebuilt to replace the original school.[3]

Headteachers

  • John Jack (1959–1968)
  • Henry Phillip (1968–1985)
  • Joe Vettese (1985–1995)
  • Gwen Kinghorn (1995–2005)
  • Donald J. Macdonald (2005–2012)
  • Stephen Kelly (2012–2022)
  • Rob Greenaway (Acting Headteacher) (2022–2023)
  • Alison Humphreys (Acting Headteacher) (2023–Present)

Notable alumni

Notable staff

References

  1. "Liberton High School handbook 2014–15 session" (PDF).
  2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-26834110 BBC report
  3. "Liberton High to be completely replaced after collapsing wall killed pupil". 18 December 2020.
  4. "Liberton High School from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. "Rugby pays tribute to Bruce Hay". 1 October 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2023. He was born on 23 May 1950 in Edinburgh and was educated at Liberton High School before embarking on a career as a mining engineer and, latterly, as a sales representative.
  6. "True story of man behind The Corries - Senscot". senscot.net. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

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