Craigie High School
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Craigie High School is a comprehensive school situated in the Craigiebank area of Dundee, Scotland The school was opened in 1970 and has around 800 pupils and over 70 staff. The current rector is Mr C Biernat.
The school, like most, operates a house system, with three competitive houses named Broughty, Glamis, and Claypotts after Castles in close proximity to the school.
The school offers a broad range of subjects across nineteen departments, with courses for Standard Grade, Access Three, Intermediate One, Intermediate Two, Higher and Advanced Higher, as well as a large number of SQA National Certificate modules. At the heart of the school lies its commitment to sound learning and teaching within a routine discipline system and supportive environment.
Craigie is proud to offer a teacher-to-pupil ratio of around 11:1, and boasts a typical 3:1 or 4:1 ratiocitation needed in most Advanced-Higher situations.
Its ethos emphasises that all pupils should strive for high standards of behaviour both within school and in the wider community.
In 2000, the school won the Scottish Schools Ethos Award.[1]
[edit] Previous Dux-Winning Pupils
Like many schools, Craigie recognises that any educational establishment is a micrososm for life. Insodoing, the school acknowledges that the concepts of winning and losing play an important role in preparing pupils for the future. It is for this reason that Craigie High School continues to award an annual Dux trophy to its most academically-superior pupil.
2004/05 - Gillian Grant
2005/06 - Peter Russell
2006/07 - Ross McAlpine
