St. Mary's Academy, Bathgate was a former Roman Catholic High School located in the Eastern part of Bathgate

Bathgate

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, West Lothian

West Lothian

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 in Scotland

Scotland

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. It was a state funded High School that educated young adults mainly from the areas of Bathgate, Armadale, Linlithgow, Polbeth, West Calder, Addiewell and parts of Livingston. The School Motto was 'Animo et Fide' which translates from Latin as Courageously and Faithfully. The School was located on Edinburgh Road, Bathgate.

The Buildings

The school consisted of two rectangular stone buildings each containing a gymnasium in the centre and two quadrangles. These buildings were known as the East wing and the West wing, they were linked by a covered walkway (the link corridor). The main buildings were complemented for 20 years by a number of "temporary" structures referred to by staff and students as "the Maths Hut", "the Geography Huts", the "History Hut" and the "Music Huts". That was only when it rained though, which was after all only 3 school days a week plus Thursdays and Fridays. The East wing was the original St. Mary's Senior Secondary. The school was renamed St Mary's Academy when the building was amalgamated with the building of non-denominational Lindsay High School, whose students moved to the new Bathgate Academy.

Closure

In 1993, West Lothian Council

West Lothian Council

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 announced plans to amalgamate the school with Our Lady's High School, Broxburn

Our Lady's High School, Broxburn

Our Lady's High School, Broxburn was a former Roman Catholic High School located in the western part of Broxburn, West Lothian in Scotland. It was a state funded High School that educated Roman Catholic children and young adults mainly from the areas of Broxburn, Uphall, Uphall Station and Winchburgh...

 into one large purpose built School in nearby Livingston. Both Our Lady's High and St Mary's adopted the new name, and both operated as St. Margaret's Academy

St. Margaret's Academy

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one year prior to their closure' before moving all schooling to Livingston. The School eventually closed in the Summer of 1994. St Mary's was subsequently demolished in the late 1990s and is now the site of some characterless private sector housing.