The school leaving age at the time was 15 (it was raised to 16 in 1973). These pupils would have stayed on to sit Scottish Certificate of Education ‘O-Grades’, which had been introduced in 1962 along with ‘Highers’.
These are the only pictures from 4th year that we have.
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Blazers on for S6 (show off that gold braid!) Staff \u2013 come as you are."},{"id":"1697","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/the-last-s3-at-park-avenue\/","name":"the-last-s3-at-park-avenue","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-6.jpeg","alt":""},"title":"The Last S3 at Park Avenue","author":{"name":"Portobello High","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/author\/portobellohs\/"},"date":"Aug 5, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:55:15","modifiedDate":"2026-08-05 10:56:05","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:56:05","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"acf_fields":[],"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":14},"status":"publish","content":"1963-64 Third Year. Seven classes from the last year at Park Avenue. As posted previously, the images uploaded are the complete collection that we have"},{"id":"1687","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/world-war-two-memorial\/","name":"world-war-two-memorial","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a-1.jpeg","alt":""},"title":"World War Two Memorial","author":{"name":"Portobello High","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/author\/portobellohs\/"},"date":"Aug 5, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:47:08","modifiedDate":"2026-08-05 10:47:08","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:47:08","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"acf_fields":[],"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":48},"status":"publish","content":"WWII Memorial. In 1949 a committee of staff and former pupils was set up to compile a list of names of FPs who lost their"},{"id":"1664","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/1963-64-4th-year\/","name":"1963-64-4th-year","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"1963-64 \u2013 4th year.","author":{"name":"Portobello High","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/author\/portobellohs\/"},"date":"Aug 5, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:44:15","modifiedDate":"2026-08-05 10:45:56","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:45:56","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/\" rel=\"category tag\">150years<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/\" rel=\"category tag\">150years<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"acf_fields":[],"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":15},"status":"publish","content":"The school leaving age at the time was 15 (it was raised to 16 in 1973). These pupils would have stayed on to sit Scottish"},{"id":"1672","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/an-assortment-of-s6-photos-1985-1990\/","name":"an-assortment-of-s6-photos-1985-1990","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-5-scaled.jpeg","alt":""},"title":"An assortment of S6 photos 1985-1990","author":{"name":"Portobello High","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/author\/portobellohs\/"},"date":"Aug 5, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:41:57","modifiedDate":"2026-08-05 10:41:57","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:41:57","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"acf_fields":[],"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":3},"status":"publish","content":"1985, 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1990 sixth years."},{"id":"1662","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/the-last-s2-at-park-avenue\/","name":"the-last-s2-at-park-avenue","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-3.jpeg","alt":""},"title":"The Last S2 at Park Avenue","author":{"name":"Portobello High","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/author\/portobellohs\/"},"date":"Aug 5, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:33:46","modifiedDate":"2026-08-05 10:57:23","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:57:23","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"acf_fields":[],"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":5},"status":"publish","content":"1963-64. Here are the second year photos that we have from the last year at Park Avenue."},{"id":"1648","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/1963-64-5th-6th-year\/","name":"1963-64-5th-6th-year","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"1963-64 \u2013 5th & 6th year.","author":{"name":"Portobello High","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/author\/portobellohs\/"},"date":"Aug 5, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:26:35","modifiedDate":"2026-08-05 10:28:10","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:28:10","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/\" rel=\"category tag\">150years<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/\" rel=\"category tag\">150years<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"acf_fields":[],"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":26},"status":"publish","content":"These are the last of the photos we have from 1963-64, taken to mark the last year at Park Avenue. We know that many of"},{"id":"1634","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/arrival-at-the-new-building-august-1964\/","name":"arrival-at-the-new-building-august-1964","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/k.jpeg","alt":""},"title":"Arrival at the new building, August 1964","author":{"name":"Portobello High","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/author\/portobellohs\/"},"date":"Aug 5, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:20:47","modifiedDate":"2026-08-05 10:21:18","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:21:18","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"acf_fields":[],"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":36},"status":"publish","content":"A sample of what would have greeted the pupils from the previous post on their arrival at the new building in August 1964. The entrance"},{"id":"1627","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/a-seventies-assortment\/","name":"a-seventies-assortment","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"A Seventies Assortment.","author":{"name":"Portobello High","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/author\/portobellohs\/"},"date":"Aug 5, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:14:06","modifiedDate":"2026-08-05 10:17:33","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:17:33","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"acf_fields":[],"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":20},"status":"publish","content":"A bit of a mixture here from original 8 \u00d7 10s that we have found in the archives. The 6th year from 1972 (we posted"},{"id":"1630","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/the-last-first-year-at-park-avenue\/","name":"the-last-first-year-at-park-avenue","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-1.jpeg","alt":""},"title":"The Last First Year at Park Avenue","author":{"name":"Portobello High","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/author\/portobellohs\/"},"date":"Aug 5, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:08:52","modifiedDate":"2026-08-05 10:57:54","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:57:54","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"acf_fields":[],"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":3},"status":"publish","content":"1963-64: the last First Year at Park Avenue (until the old school had to be reopened as \"The Annexe\" in 1968). Until 1972 there was"},{"id":"1575","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/sixth-year-2011-2014\/","name":"sixth-year-2011-2014","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"Sixth year 2011 \u2013 2014.","author":{"name":"Portobello High","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/author\/portobellohs\/"},"date":"Aug 5, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-08-05 09:47:29","modifiedDate":"2026-08-05 10:05:44","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:05:44","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"acf_fields":[],"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":3},"status":"publish","content":"Below are a few of our 2011 - 2014 year photos."}]
