Wallace High School, Stirling
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| Wallace High School | |
| Motto | "Fide Ut Rupe Fundatium" |
| Type | State |
| Location | Airthrey Road Stirling Central Scotland FK9 5HW Scotland  |
| Students | 895 |
| Telephone | 01786 462166 |
| Website | Wallace high School |
Wallace High School in Causewayhead, Stirling, Scotland. It was founded in 1971 to serve northern and north-eastern Stirling. The University of Stirling is in the catchment area, and the school has formed strong links with the institution. Wallace High School is one of seven secondary schools in the Stirling Council area. The others are the high schools of Balfron, Bannockburn, Dunblane, McLaren (in Callander), St. Modans (in St. Ninians) and Stirling.
In 2008 the school moved from its initial location, on Dumyat Road, to a new building on Airthrey Road which was funded by PPP. The old site will be used for a new housing scheme.
The school has roughly 950 pupils (which is expected to rise by about 250 in five years) and operates a house system. The three houses are Airthrey, Logie and Powis, which are both for social and administrative purposes. Each house has a depute headteacher and a principal pupil support teacher. The school's faculty system was recently revised - the current faculties are Citizenship and Enterprise; Communication; Culture and Design; Health, Sports and Community; ICT; Numeracy; Science; and Society and Citizenship. There is an active school board and parent staff association (PSA), which merged in 2006 to create a new group called WHAT (Wallace High Action Team), which takes on the former responsibilities of both bodies.
The school has a wide range of activities on offer, curricular and extra-curricular. Sporting activities (which can be accessed through the physical education curriculum and/or as extra acitivites) include football, rugby, swimming, badminton, basketball, volleyball, dancing, shooting, canoe polo, golf, gymnastics, athletics and weight training. There also other activities such as a Burns poetry competition, debating, public speaking, a legal challenge competition, a drama group and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. There are concerts presented throughout the year; the Christmas concert comprises choirs, musical ensembles and a short play, which has recently been in the form of a pantomime. There is also a concert in March, which gives musical soloists a chance to perform. Perhaps the most popular event is the School Show in summer, which is run on three nights, and is written by headteacher Mrs Horsburgh.
