Our Lady's High School, Cumbernauld

Not to be confused with Our Lady's High School, Motherwell.

Our Lady's High School
Address
Dowanfield Road, Ravenswood Cumbernauld , North Lanarkshire Scotland
Information
Type	Secondary
Established	1968
Headteacher	Nicola Cunningham
Grades	Scottish Qualifications Certificate National 5 Higher Advanced Higher
Nickname	OLHS
Affiliations	St Mary's Primary, St Joseph's Primary, St Lucy's Primary School
Website	http://www.ourladys.n-lanark.sch.uk/

Our Lady's High School is a six-year Roman Catholic co-educational comprehensive school which opened in Ravenswood in 1968. ^[1] It caters for pupils living in Cumbernauld, Muirhead, Cardowan and Stepps and in addition to pupils from Condorrat, Dullatur, Moodiesburn and Castlecary. ^[2] The school's emblem is a post-modern artistic recreation of the Virgin and child.

History

Prior to its opening in 1968 there was no Roman Catholic high school in Cumbernauld and pupils had to make a 10-mile bus journey to Kirkintilloch to attend St Ninian's.

The school has always maintained a strong link with the surrounding community, and through pupils, parents and teacher links they are associated with several primary schools from which the intake is drawn:

• St Margaret of Scotland Primary School, Cumbernauld
• St Lucy's Primary School, Abronhill
• St Mary's Primary School, Ravenswood
• St Joseph's Primary School, Stepps
• St Barbara's Primary School, Muirhead
• St Andrew's Primary School, Cumbernauld

The former Sacred Heart Primary in Kildrum was also a feeder primary until its closure in 2000. Like Sacred Heart, Our Lady's was architecturally designed by Gillespie, Kidd & Coia. ^[3]

Houses

The pupils are split into five Houses: St Pope John Paul II, St Mother Teresa, St Sebastian, St Francis, and St Patrick.

Notable former pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Our Lady's High, Cumbernauld

• Mark McGhee (b. 1957) – football manager
• Peter Mackie (b. 1958) – football player, Celtic F.C. and St Mirren F.C.
• Pauline McNeill (b. 1962) – Member of the Scottish Parliament
• David Cromwell (b. 1962) – oceanographer and co-editor of the Media Lens website
• Neil Primrose (b. 1972) – drummer from Travis
• Lynn McCafferty (b. 1979) - handball player

References

1. "Our Lady's High School". The Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
2. School Handbook 2014-15; URL last accessed 2014-08-26.
3. "Celebrations in Cumbernauld as Our Lady's High School turns 50". Cumbernauld News. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

External links

• School's website
• North Lanarkshire Council website
• Our Lady's High School's page on Scottish Schools Online

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