- Boroughmuir High School
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website = http://www.boroughmuir.edin.sch.uk/
website_name = Official SiteBoroughmuir High School is a non-denominational
secondary school inEdinburgh ,Scotland . It was founded in 1904, and moved to its current site near the city centre in 1913. Its catchment area is in the south side of the city. It has some of the best non-private sectorexam results inEdinburgh Fact|date=March 2008.ubjects
The school offers a wide range of subjects. Exams are offered at
Intermediate 1 ,Standard Grade ,Intermediate 2 , Higher and Advanced Higher. Pupils are given a set timetable through S1 and S2, and they have a choice in S3, where they will study English,Mathematics , and either French or German (The year is split 50/50 at the beginning of S1.) They will then have the choice of oneSocial Subject -Modern Studies ,Geography ,History orEconomics . They will have the choice of oneScience -Biology ,Chemistry orPhysics . Then they will be given the choice of three subjects from the following-Art and Design ,Administration ,Home Economics ,Media Studies ,Drama ,Computing ,Business Studies ,Craft, Design and Technology ,Music ,Physical Education andReligious Studies . There is also the option of choosing extraScience , Social Subject orModern Language subjects.The chosen subjects will be studied over a period of two years, at the end of which
SQA examinations are sat. The pupils can then either choose to leave school, or continue on to S5, in which the students pick five subjects, usually at Higher level or a mixture of Higher level andIntermediate 2 level. If the students decide to continue to S6, they must choose at least 3 subjects, usually at Advanced Higher level, Higher level and sometimesIntermediate 2 level.Uniform
Pupils are required to wear a
Uniform ; whiteshirt , blacktrousers orskirt , blackshoes and the schooltie . The tie is green and dark blue striped for the junior year and green with school crest for the seniors. All members of the Head team (Head boy, Head girl and their deputies), the Prefects and the House Captains and their deputies must now wear the new blackblazer with the school crest on it.War memorial
Boroughmuir is the only school in Edinburgh with its own war memorial and so hosts a yearly Remembrance Service on
Remembrance Day . In 2005, the service was broadcast during BBC Scotland coverage of the event.Pastoral care
At the start of their term at Boroughmuir, each pupil is assigned to a
house , each of which is led by a member of guidance staff. The houses are named afterstreets surrounding the school-Montpelier ,Viewforth ,Hartington ,Westhall Bruntsfield andLeamington . It is the guidance teacher's job to monitor their assigned house members. To this effect, students attend one hour of Personal and Social Education (PSE) with their guidance teacher a week.Building
The
school building itself goes back over one hundred years. It has a cafeteria on the bottom floor and a library on the top floor. Home Economics (H.E) and Craft, Design and Technology (C.D.T) are outside in the car park area. It has an atrium where assemblies take place. The extremely limited space means that pupils doing (P.E.) (physical education) normally have to travel tosports centres outside school. The main entrance is on Viewforth, and just down the road is a primary school, Bruntsfield. There are plans for a new building to be built but no suitable sites have been found that are affordable. Another plan is to stay and renovate the inside of the building. The latter plan seems more likely.Notable alumni
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Neve McIntosh , actress
*Willie Duff , footballer
*Alexander Trotman, Baron Trotman , CEO ofFord Motor Company Feeder schools
Boroughmuir had a change of feeder schools in Summer 2006. It now hasBuckstone ,South Morningside andBruntsfield Primaries.Bruntsfield used to feed intoJames Gillespies High School , andPreston Street ,Sciennes andRoyal Mile now feed intoJames Gillespies .External links
* [http://www.boroughmuir.edin.sch.uk/ Official Site]
* [http://www.scottishschoolsonline.gov.uk/schools/boroughmuirhighschooledinburghcity.asp Boroughmuir High School's page on Scottish Schools Online]
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