Dunoon Grammar School
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Dunoon Grammar School is a secondary school
in Dunoon
, Argyll
, Scotland. It was founded in 1641.
It is currently a non-denominational comprehensive school
which covers all stages from S1 to S6 (ages 12–18).
nasia, a fitness suite, dance studio, assembly hall, technology and technical areas and music rooms. There is a suite of rooms, purpose-built for education of pupils with additional support needs. Specialised rooms include computer rooms, technology lab, specialised Graphic Communication room, drama suite, library, Modern Language rooms with audio equipment. There is extensive computer provision throughout the school. Two astroturf
sports pitches have been built on the site of the old school building, which was demolished in 2007. These are to be used for both hockey
and football. The pitches will be serviced by training floodlights.
The present building is the third Grammar School building in Dunoon. The first was in Hillfoot Street in the town, while the second was built on Ardenslate Road adjacent to where the latest facility is located. The Hillfoot Street premises became Dunoon Primary School when the newer building was built on Ardenslate Road in the 1960s.
The agreed maximun capacity of the school is 1150 pupils. It presently (as of 2009) has around 1030 pupils and somewhere in the region of 70 staff.
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 Dunoon
Dunoon
Dunoon is a resort town situated on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll, Scotland. It sits on the Firth of Clyde to the south of Holy Loch and to the west of Gourock.-Waterfront:...
, Argyll
Argyll
Argyll , archaically Argyle , is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of the part of ancient Dál Riata that was located on the island of Great Britain, and in a historical context can be used to mean the entire western coast between the Mull of Kintyre and Cape Wrath...
, Scotland. It was founded in 1641.
It is currently a non-denominational 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...
which covers all stages from S1 to S6 (ages 12–18).
Building
The current school building, which took two years to complete, is located on Ardenslate Road and was opened to pupils and staff in August 2007. It consists of a main teaching block complete with two gymGym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
nasia, a fitness suite, dance studio, assembly hall, technology and technical areas and music rooms. There is a suite of rooms, purpose-built for education of pupils with additional support needs. Specialised rooms include computer rooms, technology lab, specialised Graphic Communication room, drama suite, library, Modern Language rooms with audio equipment. There is extensive computer provision throughout the school. Two astroturf
AstroTurf
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sports pitches have been built on the site of the old school building, which was demolished in 2007. These are to be used for both hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
and football. The pitches will be serviced by training floodlights.
The present building is the third Grammar School building in Dunoon. The first was in Hillfoot Street in the town, while the second was built on Ardenslate Road adjacent to where the latest facility is located. The Hillfoot Street premises became Dunoon Primary School when the newer building was built on Ardenslate Road in the 1960s.
The agreed maximun capacity of the school is 1150 pupils. It presently (as of 2009) has around 1030 pupils and somewhere in the region of 70 staff.
Notable former pupils
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