Bishopbriggs Academy
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Bishopbriggs Academy is a secondary school
in the town of Bishopbriggs
, in the district of East Dunbartonshire
. Bishopbriggs Academy is a non-denominational, co-educational, comprehensive school
taking pupils from S1 to S6. It is currently one of two secondary schools in Bishopbriggs, along with Turnbull High School
at Brackenbrae.
The school was established in August 2006 as a result of the amalgamation of Bishopbriggs High School and Thomas Muir High School, in preparation for a move to a single new campus.
It replaced the previous school which had originally opened in 1896, designed by David Woodburn Sturrock, and featured inscriptions on its clock tower, commemorating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria that year. The former Bishopbriggs School was converted into the town Library after the completion of the new school building.
Thomas Muir High School was named after the local historical political radical, Thomas Muir
, and opened in 1979, to serve the expanding Woodhill area of the town.
plan to build six new secondary schools in East Dunbartonshire. The school is now situated at the site of the former Thomas Muir High School on Wester Cleddens Road, where the new campus was completed in August 2009. Prior to that, Bishopbriggs Academy had been located at the former Bishopbriggs High School buildings near the Cross, which were demolished during June 2010.
The council consultation with parents had initially resulted in an agreement that the school would be built on the Bishopbriggs High School site, however this decision was later reversed in favour of the Thomas Muir site in Woodhill.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in the town of Bishopbriggs
Bishopbriggs
Bishopbriggs is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The area was once part of the historic parish of Cadder - originally lands granted by King William the Lion to the Bishop of Glasgow, Jocelin, in 1180. It was later part of the county of Lanarkshire and subsequently an independent burgh from...
, in the district of East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire
This article is about the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. See also East Dunbartonshire .East Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the north-west of the City of Glasgow. It contains many of the suburbs of Glasgow as well as containing many of...
. Bishopbriggs Academy is a non-denominational, co-educational, comprehensive school
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
taking pupils from S1 to S6. It is currently one of two secondary schools in Bishopbriggs, along with Turnbull High School
Turnbull High School
Turnbull High School is a co-educational comprehensive Secondary School located in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded in August 1976 and named after William Turnbull, Bishop of Glasgow from 1448 to 1454, and founder of the University of Glasgow in 1451...
at Brackenbrae.
The school was established in August 2006 as a result of the amalgamation of Bishopbriggs High School and Thomas Muir High School, in preparation for a move to a single new campus.
History
The two antecedent secondary schools were originally established to meet local demand during Bishopbriggs' housing boom beginning in the 1960s. Bishopbriggs High School was opened by Lanark County Council in 1965 and designed by Alexander Farquhar.It replaced the previous school which had originally opened in 1896, designed by David Woodburn Sturrock, and featured inscriptions on its clock tower, commemorating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria that year. The former Bishopbriggs School was converted into the town Library after the completion of the new school building.
Thomas Muir High School was named after the local historical political radical, Thomas Muir
Thomas Muir (radical)
Thomas Muir was a Scottish political reformer.Muir was the son of James Muir, a hop merchant, and was educated at Glasgow Grammar School, before attending the University of Glasgow to study divinity...
, and opened in 1979, to serve the expanding Woodhill area of the town.
New Academy
Bishopbriggs High School and Thomas Muir High School merged in 2006 to form Bishopbriggs Academy as part of a £100million PPPPublic-private partnership
Public–private partnership describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies...
plan to build six new secondary schools in East Dunbartonshire. The school is now situated at the site of the former Thomas Muir High School on Wester Cleddens Road, where the new campus was completed in August 2009. Prior to that, Bishopbriggs Academy had been located at the former Bishopbriggs High School buildings near the Cross, which were demolished during June 2010.
The council consultation with parents had initially resulted in an agreement that the school would be built on the Bishopbriggs High School site, however this decision was later reversed in favour of the Thomas Muir site in Woodhill.
Affiliated schools
Bishopbriggs Academy is affiliated to the five local non-denominational primary schools: Auchinairn, Woodhill, Wester Cleddens, Balmuildy and Meadowburn.Attendance
During session 2009/10 Bishopbriggs Academy had a roll of 1181 pupils made up as follows:- S1 - 213
- S2 - 210
- S3 - 210
- S4 - 207
- S5 - 189
- S6 - 152
Bishopbriggs High School
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