St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch

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.

For the school in East Renfrewshire, see St Ninian's High School, Giffnock.

St Ninian's High School
Address
Bellfield Road

Kirkintilloch
,
East Dunbartonshire
,
G66 1DT

Scotland
Coordinates55°56′17″N 4°09′45″W
Information
TypeComprehensive
MottoIn necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas (unity in necessary things; liberty in doubtful things; charity in all things)
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1874
Local authorityEast Dunbartonshire
HeadteacherPaul McLaughlin
DeputiesDavid Killin (S1/2)
Suzanne Boyle (S5)
David Sheeran (S3/4)
Mary Kerr (S6)
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment829[1]
HousesSt. Andrews
St. Mungo
St. John Paul
St. Margaret Of Scotland
St. John Ogilvie
St. Teresa Of Calcutta
Colour(s)

tie colours

crest colours
Websitehttp://www.st-ninians.e-dunbarton.sch.uk

Admissions

There are currently over 800 students in attendance with an average of 5/6 classes in each year. Each class has no more than 30 pupils. St Ninians is a Roman Catholic School.

School roll
School yearS1S2S3S4S5S6Total RollReferences
2000/2001740[2]
2001/2002713[3]
2002/200314211915711710485724
2003/2004[4]
2004/2005764[5]
2005/2006
2006/200714113514715910858748
2007/200814514113914213261760
2008/200913514514013510886749
2009/201011613715414012783757
2010/2011779
2011/2012107136126151126105751[6]
2012/201312811314813114297759[1]
2013/2014125136120143111108743
2014/201512813313712112689734
2015/2016136126138135118107760
2016/201714214012613611789750
2017/201817615014412611688800

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.[7]

History

St Ninian's opened in 1874 in the town centre on Union Street. The school then moved to a new site in 1931 on the sight of the former Westermains House on Bellfield Road. It then 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.[8]

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 Academy players, who are pupils in S1 to S5, to combine intensive coaching sessions with a programme of studies based on continental methods, where everything is monitored including behaviour and homework.[9][10][11]

Feeder schools
  • Holy Family Primary School, Lenzie.
  • Holy Trinity Primary School, Kirkintilloch.
  • St Nicholas' Primary School, Milngavie.
  • St Machan's Primary School, Lennoxtown.

Notable former pupils

References
  1. "List of Primary Schools with pupil roll information" (XLS). Scotland.gov.uk. September 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  2. "Scottish Secondary Schools League Tables". Thefreelibrary.com. 30 November 2001. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. "HOW YOUR SCHOOL IS RATED IN EXAM TABLE; Find out how every school in Scotland performed in the academic stakes with our easy-to-follow guide". Thefreelibrary.com. 27 November 2002. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  4. "List of Primary Schools with pupil roll information" (XLS). Scotland.gov.uk. September 2003. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  5. "HOW DID YOUR SCHOOL DO". Thefreelibrary.com. 15 December 2005. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  6. "List of Primary Schools with pupil roll information" (XLS). Scotland.gov.uk. September 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  7. "Scotland's best teacher meets the PM at No 10". Evening Times. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  8. Forbes, Dave. "St.Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch at". Flickr. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  9. "Celtic boys get shot at their goal". TES. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  10. Alison McConnell (18 November 2009). "SCOTTISH FOOTBALL IN CRISIS: Celtic lead way in pioneering project to educate tomorrow's footballers". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  11. "Celtic link-up with Kirkintilloch high school is a net result for all!". Kirkintilloch Herald. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  12. "St Ninians - Famous Ex-Pupils". st-ninians.e-dunbarton.sch.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  13. "Tribute to Bishop Devine". BBC News. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
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