Tollcross Primary School

Tollcross Primary School
Scottish Gaelic: *Bunsgoil Crois na Cìse*
Tollcross Primary School; Scottish Gaelic: Bunsgoil Crois na Cìse
Location
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Established	1912; 113 years ago
Language	English (1912-present) ; Scottish Gaelic (1989-2013)

Tollcross Primary School (Scottish Gaelic: Bunsgoil Crois na Cìse) is a mixed non-denominational primary school on Fountainbridge near Tollcross in Edinburgh.^[1]

History

The school was founded in 1912.^[2]

Gaelic Medium Education

The school opened a Gaelic Medium Education Unit in 1989, which offered the only Gaelic medium primary education in Edinburgh and the Lothians until this medium got its own facility called Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce situated at the old Bonnington primary building.^[3]

The last class of Gaelic speakers graduated in 2013.^[4]

References

^ Tollcross Primary School, West Tollcross, Edinburgh, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ "100 years at Tollcross". Tollcross Primary School. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
^ "Official opening at Bun-sgoil Taobh na Páirce – Edinburgh's first dedicated Gaelic Medium Education school - The Edinburgh Reporter". theedinburghreporter.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
^ lynnbrand (26 June 2013). "Goodbye from all at Tollcross Primary". Tollcross Primary School. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

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[1] Tollcross Primary School, West Tollcross, Edinburgh, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

[2] "100 years at Tollcross". Tollcross Primary School. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

[3] "Official opening at Bun-sgoil Taobh na Páirce – Edinburgh's first dedicated Gaelic Medium Education school - The Edinburgh Reporter". theedinburghreporter.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

[4] ynnbrand (26 June 2013). "Goodbye from all at Tollcross Primary". Tollcross Primary School. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

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