taught through the medium of Gaelic in Primary School (Bun Sgoil Taobh na Pairce) to continue with their Gaelic Medium Education. Notable alumni Muriel Spark, writer Dorothy Dunnett, writer Alistair Sim, actor John Leslie, television presenter on Blue Peter, Wheel of Fortune and This Morning Michael Thomson (actor), Scottish actor Grant Stott, actor Robert Cavanah, Scottish actor Sam Heughan, Scottish actor Annie Hutton Numbers, Scottish chemist Ronnie Corbett, stand-up comedian, actor, writer and broadcaster Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh, artistic director Damien Hoyland, rugby player Elizabeth Malloch, educator and priest Callum Skinner, Olympic cyclist: Callum won a Silver(individual sprint) and a Gold (Team sprint) medal at the Summer Rio Olympic Games 2016 Kirstin Innes, writer Stuart Harris, architect and local historian Ethel Houston, Enigma code breaker & first woman to become senior partner at a Scottish law firm. References External links Official Site JGHS on Scottish Schools Online JGHS Trust Secondary schools in Edinburgh Educational institutions established in 1803 Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh Scottish Gaelic-language secondary schools 1803 establishments in Scotland