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Queensferry High School
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Queensferry High School |
| image | Queensferry High School arms.png |
| image_size | 150px |
| coordinates | |
| motto | Mente et Manu |
| () | |
| established | 1970 |
| type | State School |
| head_label | Headteacher |
| head | Craig Downie |
| address | Ashburnham Road |
| city | South Queensferry |
| county | West Lothian |
| country | Scotland |
| postcode | EH30 9JN |
| local_authority | City of Edinburgh Council |
| staff | c.80 teaching |
| enrolment | c.761 students |
| gender | Coeducational |
| lower_age | 11 |
| upper_age | 18 |
| houses | Dundas |
| Hopetoun | |
| Rosebery | |
| Forth | |
| colours | Black, white and blue |
| free_label_1 | Nickname |
| free_1 | QHS |
| website | http://www.queensferryhigh.co.uk/ |
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Queensferry High School (also known as Queensferry Community High School) is a six-year comprehensive school in the town of South Queensferry, Scotland, run by the City of Edinburgh Council. It was opened in 1970 by Princess Margaret marking the 900th anniversary of the arrival of Queen Margaret in Queensferry. Currently it has 1036 students, predominantly from Echline Primary School, Queensferry Primary School, Dalmeny Primary School and Kirkliston Primary School. It was made a School of Ambition in 2007.
School life
A school uniform was reintroduced in 2005. It consists of black trousers or a black or tartan skirt, with a white shirt, a black jumper or sweater and a tie bearing the school's registered tartan "The Ferry Fling". Blazers are optional for junior students, and 'required' for senior students.
Leadership
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| Mr Craig Downie | 2021–present |
| Mr John Wood | 2011-2021 |
| Mr Robert Birch | 2006-2011 |
| Mr Malcom Lewis | 1989-2006 |
| Mr Robert Russell | 1970-1989 |
Buildings
The school buildings, corresponding with increasing student numbers, have been much extended from their original 1970 form. In 1995 a recreation wing was added, with a substantial extension to the school being added in 1997 and a total refurbishment being undertaken in 1998. In early 2016, plans to start building a new school were unveiled. The building started early 2018 and was finished mid-2020.
Academic records
The table below shows the fourth year pass rates at Level 3 (Standard Grade Foundation level or equivalent) or better, Level 4 (Standard Grade General level or equivalent) or better and Level 5 (Standard Grade Credit level or equivalent) or better for Queensferry High School in the 2006/2007 academic year, contrasted with pass rates for Edinburgh and Scotland as a whole.
| url=http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/4thyear.asp?iSchoolID=5518334 | title=Fourth Year Exam Results - Scottish Schools Online 2011/12 | publisher=Ltscotland.org.uk | access-date=20 December 2011}} | Edinburgh City | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 3 | 90% | 89% | |||
| Level 4 | 83% | 75% | |||
| Level 5 | 39% | 34% |
The table below shows as a percentage the number of students from the previous year's fourth years who went on to pass one or more, three or more or five or more level 6 examinations (Highers) in 2006/2007. 37% of those fourth years had left and so attained none. This compared to a citywide and national rate of 35% leaving.
| url=http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/5thyear.asp?iSchoolID=5518334 | title=Fifth Year Exam Results - Scottish Schools Online 2011/12 | publisher=Ltscotland.org.uk | access-date=20 December 2011}} | Edinburgh City | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One or more | 43% | 38% | |||
| Three or more | 23% | 23% | |||
| Five or more | 10% | 11% |
Below is a breakdown of what the leavers of Queensferry High School during the 2006/2007 academic year went on to do. A high percentage of leavers went directly into employment.
| url=http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/leaverdestinations.asp?iSchoolID=5518334 | title=Leaver Destinations - Scottish Schools Online 2011/12 | publisher=Ltscotland.org.uk | access-date=20 December 2011}} | Edinburgh City | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-time higher education | 29% | 29% | |||
| Full-time further education | 17% | 22% | |||
| Training | 1% | 3% | |||
| Employment | 41% | 29% | |||
| Unemployed, seeking employment | 12% | 14% | |||
| Unemployed, not seeking employment | 0% | 2% | |||
| Not known | 1% | 1% |
In the news
In the early hours of 22 February 2008 the school was petrol bombed by three former pupils, blowing out an external wall at the back of the school and destroying a ground floor English classroom. No one was harmed as no one was in the school at the time.
Coat of arms
The school's coat of arms was granted by the Lord Lyon in 1970. It features the cross and martlets from the arms of St Margaret (the queen for whom Queensferry was named), plus the primroses from the arms of Neil Primrose, Earl of Rosebery.
Notable alumni
- Stephen Hendry (born 1969), snooker player
- Paul Appleby (boxer) (born 1987), boxer
- Callum Paterson (born 1994), footballer
- Michael Travis (born 1993), footballer
- Cammy Logan (born 2002), footballer
References
References
- (2021). "HT Update".
- "Archived copy".
- White, David. "Queensferry High School • About our School". Queensferryhigh.co.uk.
- White, David. "Queensferry High School • School of Ambition". Queensferryhigh.co.uk.
- White, David. "Queensferry High School • Guidance". Queensferryhigh.co.uk.
- (24 February 2020). "New House - Forth House". Queensferry High School.
- White, David. "Queensferry High School • School Uniform". Queensferryhigh.co.uk.
- "Fourth Year Exam Results - Scottish Schools Online 2011/12". Ltscotland.org.uk.
- "Fifth Year Exam Results - Scottish Schools Online 2011/12". Ltscotland.org.uk.
- "Leaver Destinations - Scottish Schools Online 2011/12". Ltscotland.org.uk.
- (15 December 2005). "Lock-in at school after gunman suicide bid - News - Scotsman.com". News.scotsman.com.
- (22 February 2008). "Youths held over school 'bomb' fire - Edinburgh, East & Fife - Scotsman.com". News.scotsman.com.
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