Our Lady's High School, Broxburn

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Our Lady's High School, Broxburn was a former Roman Catholic High School located in the western part of Broxburn, West Lothian in Scotland. It was a state funded High School that educated Roman Catholic children and young adults mainly from the areas of Broxburn, Uphall, Uphall Station and Winchburgh. The School Motto was 'Labore est Orare' which translates from Latin as 'Work is Prayer'.

[edit] Closure

In 1993, West Lothian Council announced plans to amalgamate Our Lady's High & St Mary's Academy, Bathgate into one large purpose built School in nearby Livingston. Both Our Lady's High and St Mary's adopted the new name, and both operated as St. Margaret's Academy one year prior to their closure' before moving all schooling to Livingston. The School eventually closed in the Summer of 1994. This led to job redundancies as predicted. Our Lady's High was subsequently demolished in the late 1990's and is now the site of Strathbrock Partnership Centre, a West Lothian Council one purpose public services building used to accommodate a range of services such as Housing Services, Social Work, a General Practitioners, Chemist and an Adult Education Centre as well as a host of others.

[edit] Subjects Taught

Subjects taught at Our Lady's High School included: English, Mathematics, Religious Education, German, French, Italian, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science, Computer Studies, Home Economics, Art, Craft & Design, Graphic Communication,History, Geography, Modern Studies, Office and Information Studies as well as others.