Dalziel High School

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Dalziel High School
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Address
Dalziel High School
Crawford Street

Motherwell, North Lanarkshire
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ML1 3AG

Scotland
Coordinates 55°47′12″N4°00′00″W / 55.7866°N 4.0000°W / 55.7866; -4.0000
Information
TypeSecondary
MottoSumma Petenda
Opened1898
Statusopen
School district North Lanarkshire Council
Head teacherJaclyn Martin [1]
Staff104 (as of 2023)
Gender Coeducational [2]
Age11to 18
School roll965 (as of 2022)
Houses3
Barclay, Colville, Greig
Colour(s)    Royal blue, black, white[ citation needed ]
Nickname Dalzielians
YearbookDalzielian
Website www.dalzielhigh.org.uk

Dalziel High School is a non-denominational secondary school in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Overview

James K. Scobbie, Rector from 1957 until 1974, greatly enhanced the school's performance during his tenure. Since then, the school has received some of the best reports of any school in Scotland. [3] [4] The school was one of the first in the country to be awarded Charter Mark status (now Customer Service Excellence), as well as being awarded the National Award For Excellence for Work and Enterprise. [2] On 11 November 2008, the secondary school was voted as the best in Scotland in a report by HMIe. [3] [5] Dalziel was also successful in winning the Customer Service Excellence award with no partial compliances and the highest standard of compliance plus, one of only a few schools in the United Kingdom to win this award. [4]

The school motto is Summa Petenda (Aim for the highest). [2]

The school has a specialised hearing impaired department, which caters to severely hearing impaired pupils from Lanarkshire and beyond. [6]

Houses

The three school houses are Barclay, Colville, and Greig. Originally there were four houses: Avon, Brandon, Clyde and Douglas.[ citation needed ]

The modern building is attached to the old 1898 building. Dalziel High School playground - geograph.org.uk - 3006274.jpg
The modern building is attached to the old 1898 building.

Feeder schools

The school's feeder schools include Glencairn Primary School, Knowetop Primary School and Ladywell Primary School. Pupils from other schools near to Dalziel, such as Logans Primary School, are usually transferred to Braidhurst High School. [2]

Sports

Dalziel High School has its own playing fields, located at Dalziel Park, between the villages of Cleland and Carfin. [2] The fields were proposed by the school's War Memorial Trust, and was to act as a permanent tribute to all the former pupils who died in the First World War and the Second World War. The playing fields were established through the purchase of the 192 acres (0.78 km2) Cleland Estate from the Colville family after the wars. Cleland Estate was also the venue for the annual Drama Festival. The estate was later redesigned to make it more compact and improve the quality of the pitches and this change was formalised when it was opened by the Princess Royal on 5 April 2001.

A handful of sports teams use these fields, some of which include the rugby club Dalziel (a club which was, for a number years, only for former pupils of the school), and the local SPL football team Motherwell, as well as a number of local athletics, tennis and hockey clubs. The Dalziel Park playing fields are regarded as one of the best in the country. [2]

In February 2012, Dalziel was unveiled as a community sports hub. [7]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ "Senior Leadership Team". Dalziel High School. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dalziel High on North Lanarkshire Website" . Retrieved 2 July 2010.
  3. 1 2 "School among 'best in Scotland'". BBC News. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Customer Service Excellence Award". Dalziel High School. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Dalziel High School HMIe Report". Education Scotland. 11 November 2008. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "Hearing Impaired Department". Dalziel High School. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Minister for Sport visits Motherwell to unveil Dalziel High School as a new community sports hub". STV Motherwell. 28 February 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "Deveronvale Football Club". deveronvale.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
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