Chryston High School

Chryston High School

Sic Viresco
(Thus I Flourish)
Address
Lindsaybeg Road
Chryston
Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, G69 9DL
Scotland
Coordinates 55°54′13″N 4°06′19″W / 55.90365°N 4.10526°WCoordinates: 55°54′13″N 4°06′19″W / 55.90365°N 4.10526°W
Information
Type Secondary school
Religious affiliation(s) Non-denominational
Authority North Lanarkshire
Head Teacher Walter Scott Muir
Teaching staff Approx. 60
Gender Coeducational
Age 12 to 18
Enrollment Session 2010/2011 - 673
Number of students 700 - 800
Houses Clyde
Forth
Kelvin
Website http://www.chrystonhigh.n-lanark.sch.uk/

Chryston High School is a six-year non-denominational secondary school situated in Chryston, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

The school plays an important role in the community with the students assisting with local organisations.[1] The school was awarded the Charter Mark in September 2007, for excellence in customer service.[2]

Academic Standards

The school, in 1999, was one of six high schools who introduced a Higher in psychology, the first time that the subject had been taught at school level.[3]

HM Inspectorate of Education, in their inspection during October and November 2005, judged that the learning environment and support for the students was very good. The overall quality of attainment S1/S2 was rated as 'Good', at S3/S4 'Adequate', and S5/S6 was 'Good'.[4]

New building

Construction of the new £22 million Chryston High School building started in 2010 and was completed in mid-2012, with education commencing on August 20th 2012. The development was carried out by Morgan Sindall and was part of North Lanarkshire Council’s £250 million Schools and Centres 21 programme. The new building was constructed on the playing fields of the previous site and features 23 classrooms and 27 practical rooms - this also includes facilities for vocational courses. A fitness studio, four-court games hall and five changing rooms also feature in the new school building. A full sized all-weather floodlit pitch was built on the existing Chryston High School site - this was completed around Easter 2013. [5]

Old building

The original school building was opened in 1966 and a large extension was added in 1981.[6]

The Real Schools Variety Show

Chryston High School took part in Real Radio's "Real Variety Show", a talent show, on 1 September 2009. The school was selected as one of the 12 schools across Central Scotland to take part, out of an initial list of over 200 schools. The show was hosted by Steve McKenna, a DJ for Real Radio. Dance group "Annihilation" emerged winners after the decision made by 3 judges which the school had invited. "Annihilation" competed against the winners of the other 11 schools in which took place on the Real Radio website, and won. The winners, "Annihilation" were scheduled to perform at the Pavilion Theatre on Friday 25 September 2009 along with the likes of: MacDonald Brothers, Aftermath Street Dance Kru, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, impressionist Lewis MacLeod and the cast of Kylie Mania but contractual difficulties prevented this.[7] Instead, the dance group performed at the Strathclyde Park Fireworks Display in Glasgow on 5 November 2009.[8]

Controversies

In 2002 the senior Janitor at the school was suspended over allegations he downloaded porn using a school computer.[9]

In 2005 a 16-year-old pupil had her pocket stuffed with bags of cannabis when she arrived at the school and was caught dealing the drug. In 2006 the girl pled guilty at Airdrie Sheriff Court to being concerned in the supply of drugs at the school between 4 February and 4 March 2005.The Prosecutor Lyn Gordon said: "John Hunter, the deputy head of the school received information someone was acting suspiciously in school grounds. The deputy head monitored the CCTV and saw her with three bags."[10][11][12]

In 2007 parents expressed anger after pupils young as 12 were sent home alone in the middle of the night after problems with a school trip. Four members of staff and about 45 students had been stranded at the school when a bus booked to take a trip to Alton Towers had not turned up.[13]

The school was at the centre of a police alert, in January 2012, when it emerged pupils were equipping themselves with weapons in preparation for a fight with students from another secondary school. Six pupils, aged 12 between 14 years, were reported to the Children’s Panel after police discovered that several students were intending to participate in a pre-arranged fight with another school.[14]

Notable former pupils

References

  1. ↑ "Chryston High", North Lanarkshire Council, accessed 5 April 2009.
  2. ↑ "Charter Mark for Chryston High - Local Headlines". Kirkintilloch Herald. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  3. ↑ Eleanor Caldwell (1 October 1999). "Catch 'em while they're Jung;Curriculum - magazine article". Times Educational Supplement. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Chryston High School, North Lanarkshire Council", HM Inspectorate of Education, 7 March 2006.
  5. ↑ "News - Morgan Sindall". Construction.morgansindall.com. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  6. ↑ "North Lanarkshire Council : Chryston High". Northlanarkshire.gov.uk. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "Steve McKenna’s ‘Real’ Variety Show! - cancelled - Shows at the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow". Paviliontheatre.co.uk. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "The Real Variety Show"
  9. ↑ "Janny Is Suspended In Net Porn Probe. - Free Online Library". thefreelibrary.com. 8 February 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  10. ↑ "Schoolgirl tagged for playground drug dealing 16-year-old caught on CCTV camera handing out cannabis". Evening Times - Glasgow (UK). 19 April 2006. p. 5. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  11. ↑ "UK | Scotland | Drug dealing schoolgirl is tagged". BBC News. 18 April 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  12. ↑ "Curfew and tag for schoolgirl drug dealer - News". scotsman.com. 19 April 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  13. ↑ "PUPILS 'SENT HOME ALONE' AT 4am; Exclusive Parents protest. - Free Online Library". thefreelibrary.com. 23 June 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  14. ↑ "Pupils were ‘tooled up’ with a hammer and a metal bar - Local Headlines". Kirkintilloch Herald. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  15. ↑ "North Lanarkshire Council - Education - Scotsman.com". thescotsman.scotsman.com. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

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