Eastwood High School (Newton Mearns)

Eastwood High School
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Location
Capelrig Road
Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Scotland
Information
Type State Funded
Established 1965
Head Teacher Stuart Maxwell
Enrolment 1500
Colors Black and Blue
Website

Eastwood High School is a public school situated in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire just outside of Glasgow, Scotland. It is on Capelrig Road and has 1500 pupils. The current head teacher is Mr. Stuart Maxwell. A new building is due to be built in 2013.

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School Houses

House Aulhouse Balgrey Capelrig Duncarnock
House Colour Red Blue Green Yellow

Achievements

In 2005 the school won the "Better Behaviour" Award in the Scottish Education Awards for identifying and tackling increasing indiscipline by involving senior pupils,[1] and also captured the Award for Multicultural Education from the University of Aberdeen's Al-Maktoum Institute.[2] Scotland's Evening Times ranked the Eastwood High School seventh in West Scotland in its 2009 rankings.[3]

Inspections

Eastwood High was last inspected in December 2006, and gained a largely favourable report from HMIE. Only three major points for action were identified.[4]

Notable former pupils

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