Royal High School: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The Royal High School is currently a State Comprehensive school located in the Barnton area of the city of Edinburgh. It houses approximately 1000 pupils from the Cramond, Barnton, Davidson's Mains, Blackhall, Cammo, Silverknowes and Clermiston suburbs of the city. Its feeder Primary Schools are Cramond Primary, Blackhall Primary, Clermiston Primary and Davidson's Mains Primary.

History of the Royal High School

The Royal High School is generally considered as the oldest in Scotland and one of the oldest in Europe, tracing its roots back to 1128. Originally associated with Holyrood Abbey, the school started life as an institution for the training of Franciscan Monks. Through the centuries, it has been located at many sites throughout the city including Blackfriars, Infirmary Street, Jock's Lodge, the famous building upon Calton Hill and its current site at Barnton, where it moved to in 1968. Up until the 1970s, the Royal High School (commonly known as "The RHS") was an all-male Public School. However, it is now a co-educational state school and has remained as such for several decades.