Broughton High School, Edinburgh Explained

Broughton High School
Motto:	Fortiter et Recte
Established:	1887
Head Label:	Headteacher
Head:	John J Wilson
Address:	29 East Fettes Avenue
City:	Edinburgh
Country:	Scotland
Postcode:	EH4 1EG
Staff:	approx. 110
Enrolment:	1059^[1]
Houses:	Napier, Adam, Scott & Raeburn
Colours:	White, black, red and yellow
Website:	http://www.broughton.edin.sch.uk

Broughton High School is a secondary school located in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2009, the building at Inverleith was replaced with a building funded by a public–private partnership.^[2] The school is currently situated next to Inverleith Park, in the Stockbridge neighbourhood of Edinburgh but was formerly in Broughton, where the poet Hugh MacDiarmid was a pupil.

Description

In 2016 the school was named in Tatlers list of top state schools.^[3]

The school is home to a specialised music department: the City of Edinburgh Music School which nearly faced closure in 2018. Along with the music school Broughton has a specialist dance department.^[4] Broughton is also one of seven schools in Scotland chosen by the Scottish Football Association to support talented young footballers with extra coaching. As of 2018, the dedicated coach for the young players at Broughton is former Hibernian player Keith Wright.^[5]

The school's motto Fortiter et Recte is Latin for 'strongly and rightly'.

The Senior Leadership Team consists of the Headteacher (John J. Wilson) and three Deputy Headteachers (L.Evans, S.Bennett and S.Wallace). The school also has a Director of Music (T.Morris) and a Business Manager (A.Sansom-Parnell).^[6]

HMI(E) report

In the last report, issued in September 2011, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education concluded that areas of strength were the school's leadership, care and welfare and specialist provisions. It stated that development was required on areas such as overall achievement, expectations and consistency.^[7]

In February 2014, the school received a follow-up report which concluded that improvements had been made. The report stated that S4-S6 attainment in 2013 was the highest in the last three years.^[8]

Notable alumni

• Martyn Bennett, bagpiper^[9]
• Alan Bold, Critic and Poet ^[10]
• William Bosi, professional rock climber^[11]
• Mary Fee, Scottish Labour Party politician^[12]
• Shirley Manson, lead singer of Garbage^[13]
• Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish Poet^{[14] [15]}
• Sean McKirdy, footballer^[16]
• David Murray, Entrepreneur, Scottish Businessman^[17]
• Angus Robertson SNP politician^[18]
• Sean Smith, Lord Harrower, judge of the Supreme Courts ^[19]
• Tommy Smith, saxophonist, composer
• Emma Watson, Footballer,^[20]

External links

• Broughton High School website
• Broughton High School's page on Scottish Schools Online
• City of Edinburgh Music School Website
• Photo of New School Building

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tatler schools guide: Broughton High named top state secondary - Edinburgh Evening News . Edinburghnews.scotsman.com . 2016-01-08 . 2018-09-02.
2. Web site: School History. 10 March 2014.
3. Web site: Tatler publishes guide to best state schools - but you'll have to have deep pockets to attend. Telegraph.co.uk. 2016-02-04.
4. Web site: Dance School | Specialist Schools . Broughton.edin.sch.uk . 2009-02-27 . 2018-09-02.
5. Web site: JD Performance Schools: Broughton High School - Edinburgh. Scottish Football Association. 10 March 2014.
6. Web site: Senior Leadership Team . Broughton.edin.sch.uk . 2018-09-02.
7. Web site: Broughton High School, Edinburgh City. Education Scotland. 10 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140310233922/http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/inspectionandreview/reports/school/primsec/BroughtonHighSchoolEdinburghCity.asp. 10 March 2014. dead. dmy-all.
8. Web site: The City of Edinburgh Council . Secondary school follow-through reports | The City of Edinburgh Council . Edinburgh.gov.uk . 2018-09-02.
9. Web site: Edinburgh Music School remembers Martyn Bennett . www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com . 21 October 2020 . en.
10. Web site: Alan Bold - Poet. Tour Scotland. 29 October 2014.
11. Web site: . Bosi brothers are at the top of their game . 28 October 2011 . 28 June 2023 . Newsroom Ed..
12. Web site: Mary Fee . www.parliament.scot . 22 October 2020 . 5 September 2016.
13. Web site: Jazz star Tommy Smith furious over plans to close music school . www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com . 22 October 2020 . en.
14. Web site: School History About . 2023-08-26 . www.broughton.edin.sch.uk.
15. Book: Munro, David M. . Scotland: an encyclopedia of places & landscape . Gittings . Bruce . Munro . David . 2006 . Collins [u.a.] . Royal Scottish Geographical Society . 978-0-00-472466-9 . 1. publ . Glasgow . 90p.
16. Web site: Football Academy student contributes to victory against England . Broughton High School . broughton.edin.sch.uk . 12 December 2013 . 6 September 2015 .
17. Web site: Sir David Murray from The Gazetteer for Scotland . www.scottish-places.info . 22 October 2020 . en-gb.
18. Web site: SNP's former Westminster leader Angus Robertson bids to stand in Edinburgh Central at next year's Holyrood elections . www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com . 21 October 2020 . en.
19. Web site: The Hon Lord Harrower (Sean Smith) . . Judiciary of Scotland . 18 July 2023.
20. News: Johnson . Phil . 29 March 2023 . Scotland call-up for Broughton High School pupil Emma Watson at age of 17 . . 23 September 2023.