Broughton High School is in north Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a local authority school, internationally acclaimed for its excellent music department: the City of Edinburgh Music School. It is currently next to Inverleith Park, but was formerly in Broughton proper. Edinburgh (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... The City of Edinburgh Music School is a public music school in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. ... Inverleith is a suburb of northern Edinburgh in Scotland. ... // [edit] Broughton as a place name [edit] Australia Port Broughton, South Australia [edit] United Kingdom [edit] England Broughton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Broughton, Cambridgeshire Broughton, Craven, North Yorkshire Broughton, Greater Manchester Broughton, Hampshire Broughton, Kent Broughton, Lancashire Broughton, Lincolnshire Broughton, Milton Keynes Broughton, Northamptonshire Broughton Sulney Nottinghamshire Broughton, Oxfordshire Broughton, Ryedale, North...

It is currently next to Fettes College. Its current location leads to some friction with the private school pupils, and in the early 90s there was also some trouble when Broughton and Ainslie Park High School were merged. Fettes College Fettes College is one of the top independent boarding and day schools in the UK, situated in Edinburgh, Scotland. ...

Senior Management

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The Senior Management Team consists of Lesley Johnston HT, Tony Dougan SDHT, Steve Hamilton DHT, Stewart McDonald DHT, Tudor Morris, John Hunter and Grace Vickers

Trivia

• The school's motto 'Fortier et Recte' is Latin for 'to have the strength to do the right thing'
• Famous Poet Hugh MacDiarmid taught at BHS at its former location.
• The school has a long history of (spanners). Notable former spanners include Kieran Leach, Gordon Shannen, David Gallagher and Chris Todd. Current spanners include Finbar Southerland-Lockheart, Ryan Young and Shaun Marshall.
• Assistant head teacher Tony Dougan was investigated for war crimes and tried in the Hague in 1992. He was found not guilty. The U.N still regards the acquital of all charges as suspicous due the mysterious disapearence of a key witness the night before he was due to give evidence. The witnesses body was later found stapled to death beside a closed fire door near the courthouse.

Hugh MacDiarmid was the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (August 11, 1892, Langholm - September 9, 1978), perhaps the most important Scottish poet of the 20th century. ...

Broughton in the News

• Fri 13 Sep 2002 - Girl, broughton pupil, found hanged in bedroom - Read Full Story Here
• Fri 24 Jan 2003 - Ex-Head Teacher Ian Muchan accused of breaching Human Rights of pupils in whole school detention - Read Full Story Here
• Sat 8 Mar 2003 - Pupils walk out in anti-war protest - Read Full Story Here
• Tue 23 May 2006 - New schools vision faces delay as builders go out of business - Read Full Story Here
• Mon 5 Jun 2006 - Former head boy wins one of the world's most prestigious academic scholarships - Read Full Story Here
• Thu 29 Jun 2006 - Protesters want new school plan sent back to drawing board - Read Full Story Here
• Mon 18 Sep 2006 - Killing of Ex-Pupil, Kevin Smith sparks fear of gang wars - - Read Full Story Here
• August 2005 - Teacher Ian Finlay was found to have child pornography on his laptop. The incident has become known in the school as finlaygate.

External links

• Broughton High School Website
• Broughton High School Teacher Ratings - Moderated by Jamie Laing (Student)
• Broughton High School HMIe Inspection Report - March 2006