For the modern high school see Craigmount High School

Craigmount High School

For the former private school see Craigmount School.Craigmount High School is a non-denominational secondary school in Edinburgh, Scotland with 1400 pupils located in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It moved into new premises at the beginning of the 2003 academic year. The current headteacher is Dr...

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Craigmount School was a private school

Private school

Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...

 originally for boys, but for most of its history for girls, in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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. It opened in 1874 and closed in 1966. In its short history, it produced a number of notable alumni.

History

Craigmount was founded in Edinburgh in 1874 as a school for boys. In 1884 it was re-opened as a boarding school for girls. During the Second World War and the immediate post-war years (from 1939-52), the school was at Scone Palace

Scone Palace

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, Perthshire

Perthshire

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. At the end of the summer term, 1952, it moved to Minto

Minto, Scottish Borders

Minto is a village north of the River Teviot, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, , and almost midway between the towns of Hawick and Jedburgh....

, leasing Minto House. In 1962, Minto House was purchased for £20,000. In 1966, the school was closed.

Notable alumni

• Thomas Maule Guthrie
  Thomas Maule Guthrie
  Thomas Maule Guthrie was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.He was educated at Craigmount School, Edinburgh. He was elected as a Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament for Moray and Nairn at an unopposed by-election on 21st June 1922...
  
  , (died 30 March 1943) was a Scottish
  Scotland
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   Liberal Party
  Liberal Party (UK)
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   politician.
• Henry Springmann
  Henry Springmann
  Henry Springmann was a rugby union international who represented England from 1879 to 1887.-Early life:Henry Springmann was born on 1859 in Liverpool. He was educated at Craigmount School, Edinburgh.-Rugby union career:...
  
  , rugby union international for England
• Mason Scott
  Mason Scott
  Mason Thompson Scott was an English international rugby union half back who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Northern...
  
  , rugby union international for England
• William Martin Scott
  William Martin Scott
  William Martin Scott was an English international rugby union half back who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Northern...
  
  , rugby union international for England
• Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres
  Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres
  Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres PC , known as Sir Archibald Williamson, 1st Baronet, from 1909 to 1922, was a Scottish businessman and politician....
  
  , Scottish businessman and politician