Forrester High School

What Forrester High School does

Forrester High School is a publicly funded state secondary school located at 212 Broomhouse Road, Edinburgh, EH12 9AE, serving students from the Corstorphine/Broomhouse catchment area and operated under the governance and funding of the City of Edinburgh Council. The school's offering is organised in two stages: a Broad General Education (BGE) for S1–S3 covering eight curricular areas (Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Mathematics, Religious and Moral Education, Sciences, Social Studies, and Technologies), and a Senior Phase for S4–S6 delivering Scottish National Qualifications (Nationals, Highers, Advanced Highers). It is structured into 14 faculties including Art & Design, Business Education and Computing, Maths, Sciences, Modern Languages, English & Media, Performing Arts, Technologies, and a Library Support Centre. Complementing academic study are add-on programmes such as Edinburgh College partnership courses (Sighthill and Granton campuses, Tuesday/Thursday afternoons), Foundation Apprenticeships, and the Career Ready programme, alongside mental health and wellbeing and student participation initiatives.

The school operates a non-commercial, publicly funded revenue model in which education is free at point of delivery for students residing in the catchment area, with funding flowing from the City of Edinburgh Council. There is no pricing model and no revenue is publicly disclosed; nominal fee-based transactions occur only through ParentPay for activities and meals. Distribution is via the local authority's school placement system plus P7 Open Afternoons and transition programmes run in partnership with four named feeder primary schools (Murrayburn, Gylemuir, Carrick Knowe, Broomhouse). Supporting technology is functional rather than proprietary: a Pupil Tracking digital portal for parents, the ParentPay payments system, and the parents-booking.co.uk Parents' Evening Booking System. No AI/ML capabilities are disclosed. Governance ties into the parent body through an active Parent Council and operational oversight includes supported self-evaluation with educational guidance officer visits.

Strategically the school's recent activity has centered on leadership continuity (Acting Head Teacher appointment October 2023, subsequent departure May 2024), outward community engagement (first Corstorphine Fair appearance, June 2026), and reputational positioning (national recognition in The Times secondary school league table, April 2026). These moves reflect expansion of community footprint and Senior Phase programme breadth rather than any commercial scale-up; with no M&A, funding, or market-expansion signals consistent with a private investable entity, the trajectory is best understood as that of a stable public service provider operating within a defined catchment.

Name

Forrester High School

Legal name

Forrester High School

Website

https://forresterhighschool.org.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Forrester High School is a publicly funded state secondary school in Edinburgh, Scotland, operated by the City of Edinburgh Council. It delivers Broad General Education (S1–S3) and Senior Phase (S4–S6) curricula, including National Qualifications, Foundation Apprenticeships, Career Ready, and Edinburgh College partnership courses, to families in its catchment area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Tutoring Services (Subject-Specific & General) (EDAJALAA)

Keywords

• Secondary education services
• National qualifications program
• Broad general education
• Vocational training pathways
• Pupil wellbeing support

Headquarters

HQ city

Edinburgh

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Forrester High School is a publicly funded state secondary school that delivers compulsory secondary education to students aged 11-18 under the Scottish curriculum framework. The school offers the Broad General Education (BGE) for S1-S3 students covering eight curricular areas, followed by the Senior Phase for S4-S6 students featuring National Qualifications (Nationals, Highers, Advanced Highers), College Partnership Courses with Edinburgh College, Foundation Apprenticeships, and the Career Ready Programme. Education is delivered free at the point of use, funded by the City of Edinburgh Council.

Product overview

Forrester High School is a secondary education provider offering a comprehensive educational program across multiple stages. The school operates a single unified educational offering structured around the Scottish curriculum framework, with the Broad General Education (BGE) for S1-S3 students and the Senior Phase for S4-S6 students. The school is organized into 14 faculties covering subjects including Art & Design, Business Education and Computing, Maths, Sciences, Modern Languages, English & Media, Performing Arts, and Technologies. The Senior Phase offers National Qualifications at various levels (National 4/5, Higher, Advanced Higher), college partnership courses, and career-focused pathways including Foundation Apprenticeships and Career Ready programmes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• S1-S3 Broad General Education (BGE)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• City of Edinburgh CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school operates under the governance and funding of the City of Edinburgh Council. The council provides oversight, funding, and support services including educational guidance and officer visits for supported self-evaluation processes.
• Edinburgh CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerS5/6 students have the option to attend college as part of their school course choices. College courses run at Sighthill campus (and some at Granton) on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, providing vocational pathways alongside school qualifications.
• Feeder Primary Schools (Murrayburn, Gylemuir, Carrick Knowe, Broomhouse)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with local primary schools for smooth transition of students into secondary education. The school runs transition programs to help P7 students adjust to secondary school life.
• Parent CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive parent body that supports school events, funding, planning and organization, and provides parental views on school improvement. The Parent Council holds regular meetings and an AGM.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tynecastle High School: Edinburgh state secondary school delivering the same Scottish curriculum and National Qualifications, operating under the same City of Edinburgh Council with overlapping student demographics.
• Firrhill High School: Edinburgh state secondary school in the south-west of the city offering an identical BGE and Senior Phase curriculum and qualifications under the same local authority, comparable in size and intake profile.
• Castlebrae High School: Edinburgh state secondary school delivering the same Scottish Broad General Education and National Qualifications framework under the City of Edinburgh Council. Explicitly linked to Forrester in the data as the prior base of the Acting Head Teacher.
• St Augustine's High School: Roman Catholic secondary school in Edinburgh delivering the same Scottish curriculum and qualifications framework but with a denominational catchment, providing a directly comparable alternative for families in Edinburgh.
• Balerno High School: Edinburgh state secondary school at the western edge of the city offering the same BGE and Senior Phase curriculum and qualifications, comparable in size and student profile to Forrester.
• Craigmount High School: Edinburgh state secondary school in the west of the city offering the same BGE and Senior Phase curriculum (Nationals, Highers, Advanced Highers) under the same City of Edinburgh Council governance, serving a comparable catchment.
• Wester Hailes Education Centre: Edinburgh state secondary school operating in the south-west of the city under the same City of Edinburgh Council, delivering an equivalent Scottish curriculum and qualifications offering to a comparable urban catchment.

Others

• Edinburgh College: Edinburgh's main further education college, a strategic partner of Forrester High School for S5/6 vocational pathways. While not a direct K–12 peer, it is a publicly funded Scottish education provider serving overlapping learners and offering comparable vocational and qualification pathways.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/forresterhs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/forrester-high-school

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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