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Welcome to our Virtual Award Ceremonies – Award Winner Announcement

Despite being in lockdown, the staff at Forrester High School felt that we couldn’t let the “Excellence in……” Subject winners and Special Award Winners successes go unnoticed.  With huge thanks to Alison Stewart and Hannah Craig, who have been the video editors, and the many staff contributors, we have two Virtual  Award Ceremonies  to share […]

Welcome to Our School

As part of our Induction Programme for the new S1 cohort starting with us in August 2020, Mr MacPhie and Mr Thomas have made this fabulous video showcasing our wonderful school. Whilst many of you already know our school, it may have been some time since you were out and about in departments. Please take […]

Head Teacher Update 19.06.20

Dear parent, please click on the link below to access a message from the Head Teacher, which contains updated information on our plans to re-open the school to students in August. Plans for re-opening School in August

Head Teacher Update 12.06.20

Dear parents and students I hope that you and your families continue to stay well. Please find below an update for this week. Reopening School in August A decision has now been reached by the Council on a model for reopening schools in August, and we have begun to plan how this will work at […]

Headteacher update: 5/6/20

Dear parents and students First of all, I hope that you and your families are safe and well during this very challenging time. I am very glad to have returned to work this week, even though things are not quite what anyone would call normal. I would like to thank you for the great support […]

New S1 Students – Welcome to Forrester High School!

In this strange lockdown virtual school we are living in for now, all the staff at Forrester High School want our new S1’s to know we are thinking about them and looking forward to meeting them all in August.  Quite how that will look, we still don’t know, but as soon as we do know […]

Parent Council AGM 9th June 7pm

Dear Parents and Carers, The Annual General Meeting of the Parent Council will be held next Tuesday 9th June at 7pm, via video conference. As members of the school Parent’s Forum, all parents and carers are invited to come along, and will be made very welcome.

Letter from Andy Gray, Head of Schools and Lifelong Learning

Dear Parents, please take a moment to read the letter below from Andy Gray, Head of Schools and Lifelong Learning. This includes the latest news from City of Edinburgh Council, following the First Miniter’s statement regarding schools this week. Letter to Parents from Andy Gray 29.05.20

Student/Parent Update 29.05.20

Dear students and parents, I hope you have had a good week and managed to take some advantage of the good weather by getting out and doing some exercise, where appropriate. Please find a few words below to give you a flavour of how things have developed throughout the course of the past week. Please […]

Parent & Student Surveys

This is a very different time for all of us. It is important that we hear from you as to how you are coping during this time, and what we might be able to do to support you more. We are also looking forward to when we will be back in school post the summer […]