St. Maurice's High School

St Maurice's High School is a Roman Catholic High School in the new town of Cumbernauld, Scotland. The catchment area serves the west side of Cumbernauld, Condorrat, Eastfield, Croy, Kilsyth and Moodiesburn. They also have young people from Glasgow, Chryston, Muirhead, Balloch, Abronhill, Carrickstone and Westerwood where parents have chosen to send their children to St Maurice's rather than other schools.[1]

St Maurice's High School
Address
North Road

Cumbernauld
,
North Lanarkshire
,
G68 9AG

Scotland
Coordinates55°56′31″N 4°01′55″W
Information
TypeSecondary school
MottoAd Deum
(Latin: 'To god')
Established1975
StatusOpen
Local authorityNorth Lanarkshire
Head TeacherKevin O'Connor
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment915
Houses
  • Francis
  • John Paul
  • Benedict
  • Innocent
  • Boniface
Colour(s)        Green, Purple, Black, Blue
Websitehttps://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/stmauriceswebsite/

St. Maurice's has five associated primary schools: Holy Cross Primary, St. Helen's Primary, St. Patrick's Primary, Kilsyth Primary and St. Michael's Primary.

The students are grouped into five houses for assemblies, registration classes, school award ceremonies and sports days. These are named Benedict, John Paul, Boniface, Innocent and Francis after previous popes.

History

The name of St Maurice was chosen since he is the patron saint of the town of Bron in France, the 'twin-town' of Cumbernauld. The building was opened in 1975 and extended in 1981 to cope with the rising number of pupils.[2] Most of the extension was destroyed in a malicious fire in 2003,[3] but was subsequently refurbished.[4] In 2018–2019, the school went under further refurbishment with the entrance of the school being completely rebuilt to improve the appearance of the front of the school. The school also had a complete overhaul of their fire safety system through the addition of new alarms and fire doors.

Facilities
Aerial view of St. Maurice's High School and adjacent pond beyond the Westfield neighbourhood

The school teaches a wide variety of subjects, most of which are taught through first and second year. Some subjects are only taught as National 5 or Higher and above. Subjects include:

  • English
  • Maths
  • Performing Arts (Art, Music, Drama, photography)
  • Social Subjects (History, Modern Studies, Geography, travel and tourism, RMPS)
  • Technical (Graphics, Design and Manufacturing, Woodworking, metalwork, automotive, horticulture)
  • Modern Languages (French, Spanish, Italian )
  • Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)
  • Health and Wellbeing (Home Economics, Physical Education)
  • Computing (Computing, Admin, Business Education)

Notable former pupils

References
  1. "St Maurice's High School | Westfield, Cumbernauld". blogs.glowscotland.org.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. Admin Services, Civic Centre (8 April 2009). "St Maurice's High". Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. "Teenagers charged with St Maurice's fire". www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. "View Notice - Public Contracts Scotland". www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2019.


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