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James Gillespie's High School was founded in Bruntsfield Place in 1803 as a result of the legacy of James Gillespie, an Edinburgh tobacco merchant, and was administered by the Merchant Company of Edinburgh. The school acknowledges Gillespie's links to the North Virginia slave trade and, in keeping with best practice, educates students about ...
Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu, or Glasgow Gaelic School, is the largest provider of Gaelic-medium education in Scotland in terms of pupils. This is a list of schools and institutions providing Scottish Gaelic–medium education (GME) by area. For convenience the areas listed are not necessarily council or education authority areas unless otherwise ...
Dunedin School; The Edinburgh Academy (co-ed, day school, all ages) Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School; Fettes College (co-ed, all ages, day and boarding) George Heriot's School (co-ed, day school, all ages) George Watson's College (co-ed, day school, ages) Erskine Stewart's Melville Junior School (co-ed) The Mary Erskine School (girls, senior)
Spylaw House, Edinburgh. A quarter of Gillespie's bequest (£2,700) was left for the establishment of a free school for the education of poor boys. The school was founded in 1803. The school was to educate boys between the ages of six and twelve who were required to produce proof of their poverty and a certificate of good health.
The school also used nearby St Oswalds Hall as an annex. [7] In June 2018, the school moved to the new building at 111 Viewforth in Fountainbridge on the site of a demolished brewery. [8] [9] The new building was named the Building of the Year by the Edinburgh Architectural Association, [10] and won the RIAS Award 2018 and RIBA Award for ...
Pages in category "People educated at James Gillespie's High School" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
He was born at Kirkhill near Penicuik, south of Edinburgh.He was the son of Andrew Johnston and Isabel Keith. His brother was Thomas Brumby Johnston FRSE. [1]After an education at the High School and the University of Edinburgh he was apprenticed to the Edinburgh engraver and mapmaker, James Kirkwood [citation needed] and William Home Lizars. [2]
Balerno High School is a six-year secondary school located in Balerno, a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland.The school stands on the banks of the Water of Leith, and serves children from Balerno, Kirknewton and Ratho, and also hosts pupils from a variety of areas outside the catchment area such as Currie, East Calder, Mid Calder, Edinburgh and Livingston.