Castlehead High School

Castlehead High School is a mixed state secondary school in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. In 1989, John Neilson High School (founded as the John Neilson Institution in 1852) merged into Castlehead High School.

Castlehead High School
Address
Canal Street

Paisley
,
Renfrewshire
,
PA1 2HL

Scotland
Coordinates55.83931°N 4.43316°W / 55.83931; -4.43316
Information
TypeState secondary school
Established1972 (1972)
Local authorityRenfrewshire Council
Head teacherMartin Macdonald[1]
GenderMixed
Websitewww.castleheadhigh.renfrewshire.sch.uk

Sports

Castlehead is one of six Scottish Football Association Schools of Football. Under this program, twenty first-year students receive daily coaching, development and recovery sessions and other academic and social development activities. The Schools of Football program is funded through the Scottish Football Association's partnership with Cashback For Communities, a Scottish Government scheme which gives communities illicit monies seized from criminals.

On 8 September 2008, Castlehead hosted the draw for the first round of the 2008–09 Scottish Cup.[2]

Awards
  • One area of the schools performance identified as needing improvement on the 2005 evaluation was attendance. In recognition of the effort the school faculty, students and parents made, in 2006 the school won the Scottish Education Award: "Better Behaviour and Attendance Award".[3]
  • Philip Lawrence Award, in recognition of the school's paired reading program where senior pupils help junior pupils develop their reading skills.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Senior Management Team". Castlehead High School. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. "ScottishFA.com". Retrieved 18 September 2008.
  3. "Scottish Education Awards". Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2008.



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