| Motto | ASPIRE |
|---|---|
| Established | 1957 |
| Type | Secondary |
| Headteacher | Alan Pithie |
| Location | Dovecot Road Glenrothes Fife KY7 5JL Scotland |
| Local authority | Fife’s Education Service of the Fife Council |
| Staff | 80 teaching (approx.) |
| Students | 1,200 (approx.) |
| Colours | navy, white, turquoise |
| School tie colours | striped navy, white, turquoise junior tie, navy with school badge senior tie |
| SEED Number | 5406439 |
| Website | www.fife-education.org.uk/auchmutyhs/ |
Auchmuty School is a public secondary school in the town of Glenrothes in the Fife Council area of Scotland. Opened in 1957, it was the first school for secondary education in the area. It quickly outgrew the original building and additions were added about 1970. This expanded school is currently not adequate for the task and a completely new physical plant will be built on the grounds with a planned opening in 2013.
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The school was opened in 1957, the first school for Secondary education in Glenrothes, then a New Town. The first pupils arrived in April 1957, despite the fact the school was still not completed.
In 1966, it was planned to make all of the Glenrothes schools (including Glenrothes & Glenwood) comprehensive schools, phasing out the system of Junior/Senior schooling. In 1967, it became a Junior High School.
The original 1957 building was becoming unable to cater for the increasing numbers of pupils joining the school, and so plans were set down in 1970 to extend the school, to meet the needs of all the new intake. Work started on the extension, today's present quadrangle building, in 1972.
When all work was completed, the school went through a re-development stage. In 1977 it was renamed Auchmuty High School, the name it still currently holds.
In 2008, it was reported that Auchmuty High School would be rebuilt on the adjacent playing fields by around 2011/13.
In May 2011, the local council approved the plans for the rebuilding at a cost of 33 million pounds. While the council was concerned by the cost of the project, partial funding from the Scottish Futures Trust combined with the perceived poor physical condition of the school spurred approval of the plans. The new buildings will be in service by 2013 with the old buildings remaining in use until the new ones are completed. As previously stated, the new buildings will be on the current playing fields and after completion, the old buildings demolished and new playing fields built there. Since there will be no playing fields available on the school campus during the construction period, students will use nearby council fields at Dovecot and Lomond.[1]
The school has the following departments:
In 2006, the old Guidance System was replaced with a more up-to-date House System. The four original houses: Balfarg, Conland, Kilgour and Pitcairn, were replaced with five new houses:
| Old House | New House | Head of House | Previous Head of House |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcairn | Wemyss | Mrs J Galloway | / |
| Balfarg | Balgonie | Mrs B King | / |
| Conland | Ravenscraig | Mr D Donnelley | Mrs P Kershaw |
| Kilgour | Glamis | Mr J Doran | Mr N Munro |
| / | Balmoral | Mrs M Stenhouse | / |
Number of pupils in each
| Wemyss- 400 |
| Glamis- 399 |
| Balgonie- 250 |
| Ravenscraig- 199 |
| Balmoral- 213 |
| Name | Year Began | Year Ended |
|---|---|---|
| Mr David Thomson | 1957 | ???? |
| Mr Jim Cormie | ???? | 1971? |
| Mr Donald Robertson | ???? | ???? |
| Mr John Alford | ???? | 1977 |
| Mr Graham Garvie | 1977 | 1990 |
| Mr Alex Kelly | 1990 | 2005 |
| Mr David Wilson | 2005 | 2009 |
| Mr Alan Pithie | 2010 | Present |
David Wilson resigned in February 2009, after being arrested in December 2008 on charges of possession of child pornography. He pled guilty to the charges in late October 2009. There is no evidence that any students from the school were involved.[2]