Dunoon Grammar School

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Dunoon Grammar School

Established	1641
School type	Comprehensive Secondary
Head Teacher	Mr. J. Rhodes
Location	Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland
Students	1030 approx.
Teaching staff	60 approx.
Website	Dunoon Grammar Official Site

Dunoon Grammar School is a secondary school in Dunoon, Argyll in Scotland. It has a long and proud history of over 350 years and boasts many well-known former pupils.

It is a non-denominational comprehensive school which covers all stages from S1 to S6 (ages 12-18).

The school grounds are located on Ardenslate Road and the present building consists of two main teaching blocks with two gymnasia, a games hall and an assembly hall. There is, in addition, a technical block and music rooms. In the main building there is a suite of rooms, purpose built for education of pupils with additional support needs. Specialised rooms within the main block include 4 computer rooms, technology lab, specialised Graphic Communication room, drama suite, library, Modern Language rooms with audio equipment. There is extensive computer provision throughout the school.

The agreed pupil capacity of the school is 1150. It presently (2006) has around 1030 pupils and somewhere in the region of 70 staff. The school has two all weather pitches which can be used for both hockey and football. These pitches are serviced by training floodlights.

A brand new school is presently under construction in front of the existing building, on the site of the two sports pitches. This state of the art facility is expected to be completed by Summer 2007.

[edit] Past pupils

John Smith - Was a British politician who served as leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his sudden and unexpected death from a heart attack on 12 May 1994.

George Robertson - Former Labour Party politician and Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from 1999-2004.

Brian Wilson - Former Labour Party politician.

John Jackson MacKay - Conservative Member of Parliament, Deputy speaker of the House of Lords and titled Baron MacKay of Ardbrecknish

Eric Campbell - Hollywood film star and associate of Charlie Chaplin.

Sylvester McCoy - Actor famous for playing the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who.

Reverend Donald Caskie - A former Church of Scotland Minister in Paris, he helped an estimated 2,000 Allied Servicemen escape from occupied France during World War II. Also known as the Tartan Pimpernel.