Arbroath High School
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Arbroath High School
| Location | Keptie Road Arbroath Angus DD11 3EN Scotland |
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| Local authority | Angus |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | AHS |
Coordinates: 56°33′43″N 2°36′11″W / 56.562°N 2.603°W
Arbroath High School is a six-year state run school in Arbroath, north-east Scotland.
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The school has around 1000 pupils and serves the west end of Arbroath. This area consists of a mixture of authority and privately owned housing.
Arbroath High is one of two secondary schools in Arbroath, the other being Arbroath Academy which serves the east-end of Arbroath and surrounding areas. The feeder schools are Inverbrothock Primary School, Ladyloan Primary School, Timmergreens Primary School and Colliston View Primary School.
History
It was a state grammar school.
It became a comprehensive school.
Teaching
The current Rector of the school is Mr. Orr.
There are three houses: Bruce, Macgregor, and Wallace. Each house has its own set of guidance teachers and head of house.
Alumni
- Jessica McCagh, murdered in terrible circumstances on 25 April 2009 by Stewart Blackburn, who received 21 years[1] from the High Court of Justiciary
- Andy Webster, footballer
Grammar school
- Marion Angus (1865-1946), poet in the Scots language and standard English
- Sir William Duke
- James Falconer, Liberal MP from 1909-18 and 1922-4 for Forfarshire
- Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, Conservative MP from 1983-97 for Stirling, and Secretary of State for Scotland from 1995-7
- Sir John Kirk (explorer)
- Cargill Gilston Knott, mathematician, seismologist, and expert of earthquakes in Japan
- Allan MacDonald, Australian politician
- George Robert Milne Murray, botanist
- Andy Stewart (musician), who sang Donald Where's Your Troosers?
- Mike Weir, SNP MP since 2001 for Angus
- Kathleen Whyte MBE
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