St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch

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St Ninian's High School
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Address
St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch
Bellfield Road

Kirkintilloch
,
East Dunbartonshire
,
G66 1DT

Scotland
Coordinates 55°56′17″N4°09′45″W / 55.93817°N 4.16258°W / 55.93817; -4.16258
Information
Type Comprehensive
Motto In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas (unity in necessary things; liberty in doubtful things; charity in all things)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established1874
Local authority East Dunbartonshire
Headteacher Paul McLaughlin
DeputiesGarry Mulgrew (S1/S3)
Suzanne Boyle (S2)
David Sheeran (S6)
Steven Rance (S4/S5)
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment829 [1]
HousesSt. Andrews
St. Mungo
St. John Paul
St. Margaret Of Scotland
St. John Ogilvie
St. Teresa Of Calcutta
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Website http://www.st-ninians.e-dunbarton.sch.uk

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.

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Admissions

There are currently over 900 students in attendance with an average of 5/6 classes in each year. Each class has no more than 30 pupils. St Ninians is a Roman Catholic School.

School roll

School yearS1S2S3S4S5S6Total RollReferences
2000/2001740 [2]
2001/2002713 [3]
2002/200314211915711710485724
2003/2004 [4]
2004/2005764 [5]
2005/2006
2006/200714113514715910858748
2007/200814514113914213261760
2008/200913514514013510886749
2009/201011613715414012783757
2010/2011779
2011/2012107136126151126105751 [6]
2012/201312811314813114297759 [1]
2013/2014125136120143111108743
2014/201512813313712112689734
2015/2016136126138135118107760
2016/201714214012613611789750
2017/201817615014412611688800

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”. 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. [7]

History

St Ninian's opened in 1874 in the town centre on Union Street. The school then moved to a new site in 1931 on the sight of the former Westermains House on Bellfield Road. It then moved from Bellfield Road to the former Thomas Muir campus in Bishopbriggs during the demolition and complete rebuild of the Bellfield Road Campus. As of August 2009, is back in Bellfield Road. [8]

Celtic Youth Academy

St Ninian's High, in partnership with Celtic F.C., allows the Celtic Academy players, who are pupils in S1 to S5, to combine intensive coaching sessions with a programme of studies based on continental methods, where everything is monitored including behaviour and homework. [9] [10] [11]

Feeder schools

Notable former pupils

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