St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch

St Ninian's High School

Motto	In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas (unity in necessary things; liberty in doubtful things; charity in all things)
Established	1874
Type	Comprehensive
Headteacher	Paul McLaughlin
Deputies	Dan Cardle (S6) Alan Taylor (S1)) Craig Gibson (S2/3) Scott McEwan (S4/5)
Location	Bellfield Road Kirkintilloch, Glasgow East Dunbartonshire G66 1DT Scotland Coordinates: 55°56′17″N 4°09′45″W / 55.93817°N 4.16258°W / 55.93817; -4.16258
Local authority	East Dunbartonshire
Students	759[1]
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Colours	tie colours crest colours
Website	Official Website

St. Ninian's High School is a Roman Catholic co-educational comprehensive secondary school, located in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, on the banks of the Forth and Clyde Canal.

Admissions

There are currently over 700 students in attendance with an average of 5 classes in each year. Each class has no more than 30 pupils. St Ninians is a Roman Catholic School, and, as quoted in their website;

"We at St. Ninian's High School are, as a Catholic comprehensive school, a community of love and hope and we recognise the wide ranging talent, interests and abilities of all our pupils; our ultimate aim is to develop the full potential of all our young people."

School roll

Academic performance

The school has consistently proved to be successful in a number of different areas – SQA results, the Charter Mark award, Investors in People recognition and the Scottish Education Award for “Raising Basic Standards”.

In 2008, David Miller, an English Teacher, won the UK Secondary Teacher of the Year at the National Teaching Awards, and, in 2009, Headteacher Paul McLaughlin won the Scottish Secondary Head Teacher of the Year.

History

St Ninian's opened in 1874. The school moved from Bellfield Road to the former Thomas Muir campus in Bishopbriggs during the demolition and complete rebuild of the Bellfield Road Campus. As of August 2009, is back in Bellfield Road.^[12]

Celtic Youth Academy

St Ninian's High, in partnership with Celtic F.C is at the forefront of a groundbreaking sporting initiative, the first of its type in Scotland. This allows the Celtic boys, who are pupils in S2 to S5, to combine intensive coaching sessions with a programme of studies based on continental methods, where everything is monitored including behaviour and homework.^[13][14][15]

The link with Celtic has provided St Ninian's with access to the club's sports scientists and new work experience opportunities. Billy McNeil and Bertie Auld have also come to the school to present awards in recognition of pupil achievement.

The partnership was a finalist in the Times Educational Supplement Awards for "Outstanding Sporting Initiative".

Feeder schools

• Holy Family Primary School, Lenzie.
• St Agatha's Primary School, Kirkintilloch.
• St Flannan's Primary School, Kirkintilloch.
• St Joseph's Primary School, Milngavie.
• St Machan's Primary School, Lennoxtown.

Notable former pupils

• Paul Buchanan, musician (The Blue Nile)^[16]
• Peter Capaldi (born 1958), actor^[16]
• Stephen Crainey (born 1981), footballer^[16]
• Bishop Joseph Devine, (born 1937), Bishop of Motherwell^[17]
• Des McKeown, (born 1970), footballer^[16]
• Charlie Mulgrew, (born 1986), footballer^[16]
• Bishop Ian Murray (born 1932), Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles^[16]
• Katie Sutherland, musician (Pearl and the Puppets)^[16]
• David McErlane, musician (Makethisrelate)^[16]
• Paul Wilson, (born 1950), footballer^[16]
• James McColl, Derek McManus and Gavin Crawford, musicians (The Supernaturals)

References

External links

• St Ninian's High School's page on Scottish Schools Online
• French trip