Liberton High School

Liberton High School
Liberton High School
	Liberton High School 1981
Address
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	Gilmerton Road; Edinburgh, EH17 7PT; Scotland
Information
Established	14th May 1959
Headteacher	Stephen Kelly
Enrolment	610
Houses	Forth, Dee & Tay
Colour(s)	Blue, green and red
Website	http://www.liberton.edin.sch.uk/

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

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–present)

Notable former pupils[]

Eamonn Bannon, retired footballer
Eric Faulkner, member of The Bay City Rollers
Bruce Hay, rugby union player (Member of British Lions)
David Martin, MEP
David Paton, musician
Iain Stirling, TV personality
Allan Wells, Olympic sprint champion, Moscow 1980

Notable staff[]

Roy Williamson, Scottish folk singer; member of The Corries; art teacher at the school^[4]

External links[]

Liberton High School's page on Scottish Schools Online

References[]

^ "Liberton High School handbook 2014–15 session" (PDF).
^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-26834110 BBC report
^ "Liberton High to be completely replaced after collapsing wall killed pupil". 18 December 2020.
^ "True story of man behind The Corries - Senscot". senscot.net. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

Coordinates: 55°54′51″N 3°09′09″W / 55.91417°N 3.15250°W / 55.91417; -3.15250

[2014handbook-1] "Liberton High School handbook 2014–15 session" (PDF).

[2] ttps://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] "True story of man behind The Corries - Senscot". senscot.net. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

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