St Columba's Gourock
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St Columba's High School is a co-educational six-year Roman Catholic, comprehensive
secondary school
, located next to Glenburn School on Inverkip Road, in the town of Greenock
in Inverclyde
, Scotland
previously located in Bayhill in Gourock. The school serves south west Greenock, Gourock, Inverkip and Wemyss Bay. The current enrolment is more than 600 pupils.
The school won the Platinum Award in Enterprise Inverclyde Standards and Quality Report 2005/2006, being the first school in Inverclyde to achieve this. The school also received top marks from the last visit by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education
, not to mention being the first secondary school in Scotland to earn the Rights Respecting Schools Award, Level One. It is also is the first school in Inverclyde to receive Charter Mark status, for providing outstanding customer service. As of the end of September 2009 the school moved location to the old Greenock High School building.
of Glasgow, on 16 June 1933, creating having only taken 1 year and 3 days from initial foundation work to opening, at a cost of £50,000 including roads and fittings.
, swimming pool, community center and school theatre. On the school campus are two gravel football pitch
es and a gravel hockey pitch.
Starting in July 2009, the school moved location to the old Greenock High School building, while demolition work started in preparation for the building of a new school on the Bayhill site for the amalgamation of Gourock High and Greenock Academy
.
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...
secondary school
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...
, located next to Glenburn School on Inverkip Road, in the town of Greenock
Greenock
Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland...
in Inverclyde
Inverclyde
Inverclyde is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Together with the Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire council areas, Inverclyde forms part of the historic county of Renfrewshire - which current exists as a registration county and lieutenancy area - located in the west...
, Scotland
Scotland
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previously located in Bayhill in Gourock. The school serves south west Greenock, Gourock, Inverkip and Wemyss Bay. The current enrolment is more than 600 pupils.
The school won the Platinum Award in Enterprise Inverclyde Standards and Quality Report 2005/2006, being the first school in Inverclyde to achieve this. The school also received top marks from the last visit by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education is an executive agency of the Scottish Government, responsible for the inspection of public and independent, primary and secondary schools, as well as further education colleges, community learning, Local Authority Education Departments and teacher...
, not to mention being the first secondary school in Scotland to earn the Rights Respecting Schools Award, Level One. It is also is the first school in Inverclyde to receive Charter Mark status, for providing outstanding customer service. As of the end of September 2009 the school moved location to the old Greenock High School building.
History
St. Columba's was officially opened by His Grace Archbishop Donald MackintoshDonald Mackintosh (archbishop)
Donald Mackintosh was a Scottish clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow from 1922 to 1943.Born in Glasnacardoch, Inverness-shire on 10 October 1876, he was ordained a priest on 1 November 1900. He was appointed the Archbishop of the Metropolitan see of Glasgow on 24...
of Glasgow, on 16 June 1933, creating having only taken 1 year and 3 days from initial foundation work to opening, at a cost of £50,000 including roads and fittings.
Aims
St. Columba's High School stated aims are to provide conditions and learning experiences, which promote the spiritual, moral physical, social and intellectual development of all its pupils in the spirit of its Catholic ethos.Campus
The main teaching block is a three storey building consisting of classrooms for English, Mathematics, Social Subjects (Modern Studies, History, Geography) and Religious education as well as specialised areas on the top floor for Art & Design and Home Economics. The campus also includes gymnasiaGym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
, swimming pool, community center and school theatre. On the school campus are two gravel football pitch
Football pitch
An association football pitch is the playing surface for the game of association football made of turf. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play".All line markings on the pitch form part of the area which they define...
es and a gravel hockey pitch.
Starting in July 2009, the school moved location to the old Greenock High School building, while demolition work started in preparation for the building of a new school on the Bayhill site for the amalgamation of Gourock High and Greenock Academy
Greenock Academy
The Greenock Academy was a non-denominational, mixed comprehensive school in the west end of Greenock, Scotland.The Greenock Academy and Gourock High School merged into a new school in the Bayhill area of Gourock...
.
Associated primary schools
- Sacred Heart Primary School, GreenockGreenockGreenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland...
- St Gabriel's Primary School, Greenock
- St Joseph's Primary School, Greenock
- St Ninian's Primary School, Gourock
- Wemyss Bay Primary School, Wemyss BayWemyss BayWemyss Bay is a village on the coast of the Firth of Clyde falling within the Inverclyde council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The name may derive from the Gaelic uaimh, meaning 'cave'...