Our Lady's High School, Motherwell

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Our Lady's High School
Established	1895
Religious affiliation	Catholic
Rector	Bernard Love
Location	Dalzell Drive Motherwell North Lanarkshire ML1 2DG Scotland
LEA	North Lanarkshire Council^[1]
Students	650
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11 to 18
Houses	4
Website	School website

Our Lady's High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school for 11-18 year olds located in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The school educates around 650 pupils.The acting rector (headmaster) is Bernard Love.

1 History
2 Kamwokya partnership
3 Religious dimension
4 Houses
5 Music
6 Notable alumni
7 References
8 External links

[edit] History

The school was established in 1895; making it one of the oldest Roman Catholic secondary schools in Scotland. It was originally an all boys school; and girls were not admitted until 1945. The current building situated on Dalzell Drive was built in 1974. Then, in 1975, Our Lady's made it into the Guinness Book of Records; having a school role of 2,325 pupils; becoming the largest school in Scotland.

Since 1997, Our Lady's has shared its accommodation with Bothwellpark High School, a special school for 20 pupils.

[edit] Kamwokya partnership

The school has a partnership with the Uganda based Kamwokya Christian Caring Community and regularly sends pupils and staff to the region to help the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund in providing aid for poor families.

[edit] Religious dimension

The school's chaplain is Father Stephen Millar. Pupils have opportunities to attend retreats, giving them a greater insight into their religion. The Sixth Year made a pilgrimage to Rome in February 2007 jointly with St Aidan's High School, Wishaw and in 2008, this time with only Our Lady's pupils attending. It is the only school in the country which has a war memorial chapel as part of its original design,

[edit] Houses

The four school houses are named after famous saints with ties to Scotland, St Columba, St Andrew, St Margaret (Queen of Scotland), and St (Margaret) Sinclair, with house colours being yellow, red, blue, and green, respectively.

[edit] Music

The school wind band achieved a silver at the National Concert Band Festival in 2005-06. On 30 March 2007 the band attained a gold award at the Festival and then won the Lanarkshire Youth Musical Award for 2007.^[2]