Porty 150 Celebration Lunch
Our Porty 150 Celebration Lunch on 11 August was a great event, bringing together former pupils, former staff, colleagues, partners and friends of the school to celebrate 150 years of…
Celebrating 150 Years of Portobello High School
To celebrate 150 Years of Portobello High School, we will be running some events throughout the year. Revisit this page to find out more about these events.
Original school classrooms.
The original school was vacated in 1964 with the move to Duddingston Road, but it had to be reopened in 1968 to accommodate the first year intake. It was finally…
Into the noughties (2000-2002)
It looks like white shirt/blouse images are S5. Blazers on for S6 (show off that gold braid!) Staff – come as you are.
The Last S3 at Park Avenue
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 for each year, and we…
World War Two Memorial
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 lives in the Second World…
1963-64 – 4th year.
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…
The Last S2 at Park Avenue
1963-64. Here are the second year photos that we have from the last year at Park Avenue.
