St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch
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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
.
"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."
The High School is very proud to boast some of their very successful teaching staff. 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.
The staff and pupils of St. Ninians moved from Bellfield Road to the former Thomas Muir campus in Bishopbriggs during the demolition and complete rebuild of the Bellfield Road Campus, and of August 2009, is back in Bellfield Road. During the decant, it was monitored by Depute Head John Kelly and Head Teacher Paul McLaughlin that teaching and pupils grades would not be affected.
Catholic school
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co-educational
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
comprehensive
Comprehensive school
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secondary school
Secondary education
Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...
, located in Kirkintilloch
Kirkintilloch
Kirkintilloch is a town and former burgh in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the Forth and Clyde Canal, about eight miles northeast of central Glasgow...
, 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...
, on the banks of the Forth and Clyde Canal
Forth and Clyde Canal
The Forth and Clyde Canal crosses Scotland, providing a route for sea-going vessels between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part of the Scottish Lowlands. The canal is 35 miles long and its eastern end is connected to the River Forth by a short stretch of the River...
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Admissions
There are currently over 700 students in attendance with an average of 5 classes in each year. Each class boasts 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."
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”.The High School is very proud to boast some of their very successful teaching staff. 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.
History
Opening in 1874, St Ninian’s has a varied history. There is a book telling the full and detailed story of the school's origins written by Gerald Maguire and Stephen Murray, previous Principal Teachers of the school, “The Story of a School 1874-1974”, and is printed by Deacon Brothers (Printers) Ltd of Kirkintilloch.The staff and pupils of St. Ninians moved from Bellfield Road to the former Thomas Muir campus in Bishopbriggs during the demolition and complete rebuild of the Bellfield Road Campus, and of August 2009, is back in Bellfield Road. During the decant, it was monitored by Depute Head John Kelly and Head Teacher Paul McLaughlin that teaching and pupils grades would not be affected.
Feeder schools
- Holy Family Primary School
- St Agatha's Primary School
- St Flannan's Primary School
- St Joseph's Primary School
- St Machan's Primary School
Notable former pupils
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(born 1981) Blackpool and Scottish national footballer - Bishop Joseph DevineJoseph DevineJoseph Devine is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Motherwell in Scotland.He was educated at St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch, St. Mary's College, and St. Peter's College, Cardross. He was ordained priest on 29 June 1960 at the Pontifical Scots College in Rome. He received his Ph.D...
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- Katie Sutherland, known as Pearl from the band Pearl and the PuppetsPearl and the PuppetsPearl and the Puppets is a band from Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire in the West-Central Lowlands of Scotland. The band comprises singer/songwriter Katie Sutherland , Blair McMillan , Gordon Turner , Scott Clark and Michael Abubakar .Sutherland's voice has been described as a being similar to...
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, (born 1950) Celtic Footballer