Inverness High School

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Inverness High School is a secondary school on Montague Row in Inverness, Scotland. It was established in 1878. The school now has about 450 pupils, down from a peak of over 1,600. It receives students from Central, Dalneigh, Bishop Eden's, St Joseph's and Merkinch primary schools, and sits west of the River Ness and Kenneth Street (A82). In 2005, it became one of Scotland’s first Schools of Ambition. The headteacher (Rector) is Vikki Forrester. Ritchie Cunningham was the longest-serving rector in the Highlands, retiring in April 2014 after 23 and a half years. The school moved to its current site in Dalneigh in 1937. It began as the Technical High School, focusing on vocational courses, and changed to Inverness High School in 1959. In 2008 a fire in the Assembly Hall caused a temporary closure.