Royal High School, Edinburgh

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58 Barnton Park Ave, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 6HE, UK

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N55° 57' 49" W3° 17' 7"   (55.963611111111, -3.2852777777778) Start navigation »

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For the A-listed building on Calton Hill, see Old Royal High School, Edinburgh.

The Royal High School (RHS) of Edinburgh is a co-educational school administered by the City of Edinburgh Council. The school was founded in 1128 and is one of the oldest schools in Scotland. It serves 1,200 pupils drawn from four feeder primaries in the north-west of the city: Blackhall, Clermiston, Cramond and Davidson's Mains.
The school's profile has given it a flagship role in education, piloting such experiments as the introduction of the Certificate of Secondary Education, the provision of setting in English and mathematics, and the curricular integration of European Studies and the International Baccalaureate. The Royal High School was last inspected by HMIE in April 2007.
The rector is Pauline Walker who replaced Jane Frith, the first woman to head the school.

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