Boroughmuir High School

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Boroughmuir High School is a non-denominational secondary school in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 1904, and located at 22–24 Warrender Park Crescent, overlooking Bruntsfield Links, in a building designed by John Alexander Carfrae. The school moved to its current site at 26 Viewforth, also designed by Carfrae, in 1913.Its catchment area is in the south side of the city, and includes Bruntsfield, Buckstone, and South Morningside Primary Schools. In 2011 Boroughmuir's exam results were the fourth best state school results in Scotland.David Dempster is Head Teacher.SportBoroughmuir High School acquired the team Boroughmuir RFC in 1913, which is based at the Meggetland Sports Complex, as well as operating U15 (Under 15s) and U18 clubs as after-school activities.HousesEach pupil is assigned to a house named after streets surrounding the school – Leamington (yellow), Viewforth (green), Hartington (blue), and Westhall (Red). The houses Bruntsfield and Montpelier were removed by David Dempster in 2013 and their remaining members were distributed among the remaining houses.New school buildingA new building for Boroughmuir High School was proposed to the Edinburgh City Council on 11 January 2013. It is due to open in 2018. The site for this new building is near the current site.Boroughmuir High School’s contractors, O’Hare & McGovern, have failed to keep to schedule for 16 June 2017, and offered a 11 August 2017 handover date, less than a week before school restarts post-summer holidays. The Council decided to push the opening date back to January 2018.