Inverness High School

Inverness High School
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Address
Montague Row Dalneigh, Inverness , Highland , IV3 5DZ Scotland
Coordinates	57°28′34″N 4°14′10″W
Information
Type	State comprehensive
Established	1878
Local authority	Highland
Rector	John F. Rutter
Enrolment	450
Website	Archive

Inverness High School is a secondary school on Montague Row in Inverness, Scotland.

Admissions

From a peak of over 1,600 pupils, the school's current roll is around 450. Its feeders are Central, Dalneigh, Bishop Eden's, St Joseph's and Merkinch Primary Schools. It is situated west of the river and west of Kenneth Street (A82).

In 2005, it became one of the first twenty eight schools in Scotland to be awarded Schools of Ambition status.

The current Rector at Inverness High School is John Rutter, who succeeded Ritchie Cunningham who retired after 23 and a half years as Rector in April 2014. Cunningham held the title of longest serving Rector in the Highlands.

History

After occupying various sites around the city, it moved to its current location, in Dalneigh, in 1937. At that time, it was renamed the Technical High School and specialised in providing vocational courses. It kept this name until 1959 when it adopted its current name. In 2008 there was a temporary closure when a fire started in the Assembly Hall. Luckily, it was a night time and during the Annual October break.

Notable former pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Inverness High School

• Mike Edwards Inverness journalist, author and soldier
• David Mackenzie, General Secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association
• Ali Smith, author and Booker Prize nominee
• David Stewart, Labour MP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber 1997-2005
• Gary Cornish, Scottish Heavyweight Boxer.

See also

• Inverness Royal Academy

External links

• Website
• Inverness High School's page on Scottish Schools Online