Queen Anne High School Dunfermline
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Queen Anne High School is a large non-denominational secondary school of around 1,800 pupils. It is the fifth largest in Scotland. It is located in Dunfermline, West Fife, Scotland.
Between the latter part of the nineteenth century and the 1930s, the school was located on a site between what is now bounded by the Kingsgate Shopping Centre, Pilmuir Street and Carnegie Drive. In the 1930s it moved to the former Dunfermline High School building that lay to the north of Priory Lane. In the 1950s it moved again to a new campus at Broomhead, just to the south of its current location. In August 2003 it moved again, but this time only 200 yards to the north.
On 22 January 2007 Queen Anne welcomed its new headmaster, Rector Mr. James Bellshaw.
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[edit] Senior management team
Queen Anne has a flat-structured management system with one Rector and five Deputy Rectors. Each department has its own Principal Teacher (PT) as well as five PTs for the guidance departments.
[edit] Rectors
- Rector Mr Bellshaw
- Depute Rector Mrs Patterson
- Depute Rector Mr Watt
- Depute Rector Mr Billington
- Acting Depute Rector Mrs Cowan
- Acting Depute Rector Mr Powrie
[edit] Pupil Services and Guidance
- Business Manager Mr Struthers
- Pupil Services Manager Mrs Sexton
- PT Guidance Mr Fraser
- PT Guidance Mrs Cochrane
- PT Guidance Mr Lewis
- PT Guidance Mrs Miller
- PT Guidance Mr Leahy
- PT Guidance Mr Powrie
[edit] Principal Teachers
- PT English Mrs Holmes
- PT Maths Mr Edie
- PT Drama Mrs Nicholson
- PT PE Mr Thomson
- PT CDT Mr McGowan
- PT Physics Dr Page
- PT Chemistry Mrs Edgerton
- PT Biology Mrs Bagnall
- PT Art Mrs Walker
- PT Computing Mr Patterson
- PT Latin and Classics Mr Lowrie
- PT RMPS Mr Turk
- PT Business Managment Miss Heneghan
- PT Modern Languages Ms Campbell / Miss Gibson
- PT Music Mr Ferguson
- PT Home Economics Mrs Murie
- PT Social Subjects Miss Stenhouse
[edit] Role in the community
Queen Anne prides itself in the role it takes in its local community. Queen Anne's modern services are open for use to the public after the school day finishes, these include a well equipped gym, sports hall, gymnastics hall, music studio, tennis courts and football pitches.
[edit] Gambia
Queen Anne also plays a part in The Gambia with charity and fundraising in Queen Anne which helps fund expansion and improvement to the John Pickering Senior Comprehensive school located in the Gambia. Queen Anne also maintains a social link with the Gambian school as a number of pupils have formed penpals woth those in Gambia. Also in 2006 some Queen Anne pupils went to visit the school in the Gambia and reported the project was a success.
[edit] Subjects at Queen Anne
All these subjects at Queen Anne are offered at Standard Grade, Intermediate 2 and Higher levels. Some are offered at Intermediate 1 and Advanced Higher.
- English
- Maths
- Drama
- PE
- CDT
- Sciences
- Art
- Computing Studies
- Latin and Classics
- French
- German
- Music
- Home Economics
- Religious Moral and Philosophical Studies
- Geography
- Modern Studies
- History
- Business Management
[edit] Prefects at Queen Anne
At Queen Anne 5th and 6th year pupils are allowed to apply to become prefects. After a short application prefects are chosen and these select pupils are given the honour of wearing the school blazer and prefect badge. In 6th year a group of pupils is selected to form the Queen Anne Captaincy Team. They are placed in charge of organising the prefects and how they help the school. They also organise: The October Fayre; The Christmas Formal; Parents Evening; Open Days; The Yearbook; The 6th year Prom as well as a lot of other activities.
[edit] Captaincy team
- Head Boy Ross Blanchflower
- Head Girl Hannah Maloco
- Depute Head Boy Douglas Taylor
- Depute Head Girl Morag MacKenzie
- Vice-Captain Laura Robertson
- Vice-Captain Kari Adams
- Vice-Captain Ryan Rodger
[edit] Trivia
- Queen Anne has never had a female rector.
- The current Deputy Head Girl...is a boy.
- Apparently a scorpion was found in the girls toilets in Erskine.
