St. Augustine's High School, Edinburgh

St. Augustine's High School, established in 1969, is a Roman Catholic secondary school serving the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, with approximately 700 pupils.^[1]

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,^[2] 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 St Augustine of Hippo.

New school

St Augustine's moved onto a shared campus with Forrester High School 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 due to a feud that has been present longer than any student

Notable former pupils

• Alison Johnstone, Green MSP for Lothian region
• Cardinal Gordon Joseph Gray, who served as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh from 1951 to 1985
• Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who served as Archbishop of St Andrew's and Edinburgh from 1985 to 2013
• Paul Cullen, Lord Pentland, former Solicitor General for Scotland, now a Senator of the College of Justice
• Stuart John Wood, rhythm and bass guitarist and member of the 1970's band, the Bay City Rollers.

References

1. ↑ http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0042/00420794.xlsx
2. ↑ "Remembering 100 years of Holy Cross". The Scotsman. 5 September 2007. 

External links

• Official School Website

Coordinates: 55°55′59″N 3°17′19″W / 55.93306°N 3.28861°W / 55.93306; -3.28861