St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch

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.

St Ninian's High School
Address
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Bellfield Road

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G66 1DT

Coordinates55°56′17″N 4°09′45″W / 55.93817°N 4.16258°W / 55.93817; -4.16258
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TypeComprehensive
MottoIn 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 authorityEast Dunbartonshire
HeadteacherPaul McLaughlin
DeputiesGarry Mulgrew (S1/S3)
Suzanne Boyle (S2)
David Sheeran (S6)
Steven Rance (S4/S5)
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 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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Websitehttp://www.st-ninians.e-dunbarton.sch.uk

Admissions

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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

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School year S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 Total Roll References
2000/2001 740 [2]
2001/2002 713 [3]
2002/2003 142 119 157 117 104 85 724
2003/2004 [4]
2004/2005 764 [5]
2005/2006
2006/2007 141 135 147 159 108 58 748
2007/2008 145 141 139 142 132 61 760
2008/2009 135 145 140 135 108 86 749
2009/2010 116 137 154 140 127 83 757
2010/2011 779
2011/2012 107 136 126 151 126 105 751 [6]
2012/2013 128 113 148 131 142 97 759 [1]
2013/2014 125 136 120 143 111 108 743
2014/2015 128 133 137 121 126 89 734
2015/2016 136 126 138 135 118 107 760
2016/2017 142 140 126 136 117 89 750
2017/2018 176 150 144 126 116 88 800

Academic performance

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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

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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

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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

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  • Holy Family Primary School, Lenzie.
  • Holy Trinity Primary School, Kirkintilloch.
  • St Nicholas' Primary School, Bearsden.
  • St Machan's Primary School, Lennoxtown.

Notable former pupils

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References

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  1. ^ a b "List of Primary Schools with pupil roll information" (XLS). Scotland.gov.uk. September 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Scottish Secondary Schools League Tables". Thefreelibrary.com. 30 November 2001. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. ^ "HOW YOUR SCHOOL IS RATED IN EXAM TABLE; Find out how every school in Scotland performed in the academic stakes with our easy-to-follow guide". Thefreelibrary.com. 27 November 2002. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  4. ^ "List of Primary Schools with pupil roll information" (XLS). Scotland.gov.uk. September 2003. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  5. ^ "HOW DID YOUR SCHOOL DO". Thefreelibrary.com. 15 December 2005. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  6. ^ "List of Primary Schools with pupil roll information" (XLS). Scotland.gov.uk. September 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Scotland's best teacher meets the PM at No 10". Evening Times. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  8. ^ Forbes, Dave. "St.Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch at". Flickr. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Celtic boys get shot at their goal". TES. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  10. ^ Alison McConnell (18 November 2009). "SCOTTISH FOOTBALL IN CRISIS: Celtic lead way in pioneering project to educate tomorrow's footballers". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Celtic link-up with Kirkintilloch high school is a net result for all!". Kirkintilloch Herald. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i "St Ninians - Famous Ex-Pupils". st-ninians.e-dunbarton.sch.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2015.[dead link]
  13. ^ Burlaga, Kate (12 October 2016). "Karamoko Dembele: the lowdown on Celtic's 13-year-old prodigy". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  14. ^ "Tribute to Bishop Devine". BBC News. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  15. ^ Aaron Hickey details his Karamoko Dembele lessons as Hearts kid upstages school pal Gary Ralston, Daily Record (May 26, 2019) Archived May 26, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
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