Tynecastle High School
State school in Edinburgh, Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tynecastle High School is a secondary school in the Gorgie area of south west Edinburgh, Scotland.
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2 McLeod Street , EH11 2ND Scotland | |
| Coordinates | 55°56′20.93″N 3°13′47.91″W |
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| Type | State school |
| Established | 1912 |
| Head teacher | Hazel Kinnear |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrolment | 548 (2017[1]) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Colour(s) | Silver and blue |
| Website | www |
History
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Perspective
Tynecastle High School was opened in 1912 and was for its first 98 years located at 15 McLeod Street, a B listed building.
Move to new school building
On 1 April 2007, The City of Edinburgh Council gave the go ahead to rebuild Tynecastle High School in a different area of McLeod Street. The council approved the sale of the old school building and a nearby nursery to the neighbouring Heart of Midlothian football team. The deal was for the sum of £5.9 million.[2]
The Liberal Democrats / Scottish National Party coalition that took over The City of Edinburgh Council in May 2007 signalled their plan to fight any move to demolish the old school building.[3][4] Council Leader Jenny Dawe said "I can't see any way that they would get permission to knock it down. It's important for the city that we don't have a repeat of the 1960s when a lot of fine buildings were knocked down and replaced by horrible multi-storey blocks."[5] This school is also a B-listed building and any permission for it to be altered can only be done with the permission of both the council and Historic Scotland.[6]
Previous Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov intended to build a luxury hotel, sports bars and shops alongside a new main stand for Tynecastle Stadium with a 12,000 capacity.[7] In August 2007 it was reported that the old school would "remain untouched" in the redevelopment.[8]
Although at present the development of Tynecastle Stadium is on hold a new purpose built school was built across the road at no 2 McLeod Street. It opened in January 2010.[9]
Notable alumni
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- Keith Brown, politician[10][11]
- Jason Cummings, professional footballer[12]
- Paul Hanlon, professional footballer[13]
- Tom Hunter, recipient of the Victoria Cross[14]
- Steven McNicoll, actor
- Ian Richardson an actor who played Francis Urquhart in the BBC adaption of House of Cards. His time at the school was not a happy one though. "It would be very different now but then I don't think they had a clue what to do with me, they certainly didn't understand me. I cannot remember having any friends there either. I hated it."[15]
- Richard Thomson (politician), Member of Parliament for Gordon[16]
Notable former teachers
- Wilfred Owen, the First World War poet taught at Tynecastle when he was a patient at Craiglockhart Hospital. His spell at the school lasted three weeks in 1917. Owen praised the school in his published letters (1967).[17][18]
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