Kinlochbervie High School
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Kinlochbervie High School is a secondary school in Kinlochbervie
, in the county of Sutherland
in the northwest of Scotland
.
The school is attended by around 65 pupils from a catchment area
that extends from Scourie
to Durness
.
Before the school opened in 1995, pupils attended Golspie High School
as weekly boarders.
Kinlochbervie
Kinlochbervie is a harbour village in the north west of Sutherland, in the Highland region of Scotland. In 2001 the population was 480.The majority of local industry is based upon the fishing industry...
, in the county of Sutherland
Sutherland
Sutherland is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic administrative county of Scotland. It is now within the Highland local government area. In Gaelic the area is referred to according to its traditional areas: Dùthaich 'IcAoidh , Asainte , and Cataibh...
in the northwest of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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The school is attended by around 65 pupils from a catchment area
Catchment area (human geography)
In human geography, a catchment area is the area and population from which a city or individual service attracts visitors or customers. For example, a school catchment area is the geographic area from which students are eligible to attend a local school...
that extends from Scourie
Scourie
Scourie , historically spelled "Scoury", is a village on the north west coast of Scotland, about halfway between Ullapool and Durness. It is in the traditional county of Sutherland, now part of the Highland council area, and the population of the village is just over two hundred. It is known as the...
to Durness
Durness
Durness is a huge but remote parish in the northwestern Highlands of Scotland, encompassing all the land between the Moine to the East and the Gualin to the West...
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Before the school opened in 1995, pupils attended Golspie High School
Golspie High School
Golspie High School is a secondary school in Golspie, in the county of Sutherland in the far north of Scotland.The school is attended by around 350 pupils from a catchment area that is particularly vast, stretching as far north as Kinbrace, as far south as the Mound and as far west as...
as weekly boarders.