St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch
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| Motto | In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas (unity in necessary things; liberty in doubtful things; charity in all things) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Established | 1874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Comprehensive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Headteacher | Paul McLaughlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputies |
Scott McEwan (S6) Alan Taylor (S2/3)) Craig Gibson (S1) Derek Lang (S4/5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |
Bellfield Road Kirkintilloch East Dunbartonshire G66 1DT Scotland Coordinates: 55°56′17″N 4°09′45″W / 55.93817°N 4.16258°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Local authority | East Dunbartonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Students | 759[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Coeducational | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ages | 11–16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colours |
tie colours | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website |
www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Ninian's High School is a Roman Catholic co-educational comprehensive secondary school, located in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, on the banks of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
Admissions
There are currently over 700 students in attendance with an average of 5 classes in each year. Each class has no more than 30 pupils. St Ninians is a Roman Catholic School, and, as quoted in their website:
"We at St. Ninian's High School are, as a Catholic comprehensive school, a community of love and hope and we recognise the wide ranging talent, interests and abilities of all our pupils; our ultimate aim is to develop the full potential of all our young people."
School roll
| School year | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | Total Roll | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000/2001 | 740 | [2] | ||||||
| 2001/2002 | 713 | [3] | ||||||
| 2002/2003 | 142 | 119 | 157 | 117 | 104 | 85 | 724 | |
| 2003/2004 | [4] | |||||||
| 2004/2005 | 764 | [5] | ||||||
| 2005/2006 | ||||||||
| 2006/2007 | 141 | 135 | 147 | 159 | 108 | 58 | 748 | |
| 2007/2008 | 145 | 141 | 139 | 142 | 132 | 61 | 760 | |
| 2008/2009 | 135 | 145 | 140 | 135 | 108 | 86 | 749 | |
| 2009/2010 | 116 | 137 | 154 | 140 | 127 | 83 | 757 | |
| 2010/2011 | 779 | |||||||
| 2011/2012 | 107 | 136 | 126 | 151 | 126 | 105 | 751 | [6] |
| 2012/2013 | 128 | 113 | 148 | 131 | 142 | 97 | 759 | [1] |
Academic performance
The school has consistently proved to be successful in a number of different areas – SQA results, the Charter Mark award, Investors in People recognition and the Scottish Education Award for “Raising Basic Standards”. In 2008, David Miller, an English Teacher, won the UK Secondary Teacher of the Year at the National Teaching Awards, and, in 2009, Headteacher Paul McLaughlin won the Scottish Secondary Head Teacher of the Year.[7]
History
St Ninian's opened in 1874. The school moved from Bellfield Road to the former Thomas Muir campus in Bishopbriggs during the demolition and complete rebuild of the Bellfield Road Campus. As of August 2009, is back in Bellfield Road.[8]
Celtic Youth Academy
St Ninian's High, in partnership with Celtic F.C. is at the forefront of a groundbreaking sporting initiative, the first of its type in Scotland. This allows the Celtic boys, who are pupils in S2 to S5, to combine intensive coaching sessions with a programme of studies based on continental methods, where everything is monitored including behaviour and homework.[9][10][11]
Feeder schools
- Holy Family Primary School, Lenzie.
- St Agatha's Primary School, Kirkintilloch.
- St Flannan's Primary School, Kirkintilloch.
- St Joseph's Primary School, Milngavie.
- St Machan's Primary School, Lennoxtown.
Notable former pupils
- Paul Buchanan, musician (The Blue Nile)[12]
- Peter Capaldi (born 1958), actor[12]
- Stephen Crainey (born 1981), footballer[12]
- Bishop Joseph Devine, (born 1937), Bishop of Motherwell[13]
- Des McKeown, (born 1970), footballer[12]
- Charlie Mulgrew, (born 1986), footballer[12]
- Bishop Ian Murray (born 1932), Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles[12]
- Katie Sutherland, musician (Pearl and the Puppets)[12]
- David McErlane, musician (Makethisrelate)[12]
- Paul Wilson, (born 1950), footballer[12]
- James McColl, Derek McManus and Gavin Crawford, musicians (The Supernaturals)
- Joe Thomson (footballer) (b. 1997)
References
- 1 2 "List of Primary Schools with pupil roll information" (XLS). Scotland.gov.uk. September 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ "Scottish Secondary Schools League Tables". Thefreelibrary.com. 30 November 2001. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ "HOW YOUR SCHOOL IS RATED IN EXAM TABLE; Find out how every school in Scotland performed in the academic stakes with our easy-to-follow guide". Thefreelibrary.com. 27 November 2002. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ "List of Primary Schools with pupil roll information" (XLS). Scotland.gov.uk. September 2003. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ "HOW DID YOUR SCHOOL DO". Thefreelibrary.com. 15 December 2005. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ "List of Primary Schools with pupil roll information" (XLS). Scotland.gov.uk. September 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ "Scotland's best teacher meets the PM at No 10". Evening Times. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ↑ Forbes, Dave. "St.Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch at". Flickr. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ↑ "Celtic boys get shot at their goal". TES. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ Alison McConnell (18 November 2009). "SCOTTISH FOOTBALL IN CRISIS: Celtic lead way in pioneering project to educate tomorrow's footballers". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ "Celtic link-up with Kirkintilloch high school is a net result for all!". Kirkintilloch Herald. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "St Ninians - Famous Ex-Pupils". st-ninians.e-dunbarton.sch.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ↑ "Tribute to Bishop Devine". BBC News. Retrieved 5 March 2015.