Monifieth High School
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{{Infobox school
| name = Monifieth High School
| image = Monifieth High School.jpg
| motto = {{lang|fr|Fais ce que dois}}
| motto_translation = Do what you must
| established = 1976
| type = State-funded Secondary School
| gender = Mixed
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| headteacher = Andy Dingwall{{cite web |title=Monifieth High School |url=https://www.angus.gov.uk/directories/secondary_schools/monifieth_high_school |publisher=Angus Council |access-date=19 September 2022}}
| street = Panmurefield Road
| city = Monifieth
| county = Dundee
| postcode = DD5 4QT
| country = Scotland
| authority = Angus Council
| teaching_staff = 100 (approx)
| roll = 1057
| houses = Balmossie {{Color box|green|border=darkgray}}, Dalhousie {{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}}, Panmure {{Color box|yellow|border=darkgray}}
| colours = {{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|black|border=darkgray}}
| feeder_schools = Grange Primary School, Seaview Primary School, Mattocks Primary School, Murroes Primary School, Birkhill Primary School, Liff Primary School
| publication = Monifieth High School Bulletin
| website = http://www.monifiethhighschool.com
| coordinates = {{coord|56.4788|-02.8400|display=inline}}
}}
Monifieth High School, a comprehensive state high school in Monifieth, Angus, Scotland, was founded in 1976. It was opened by Lord Thomson of Monifieth.{{cite web |title=Local Government Etc (Scotland) Bill |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1994-10-12/debates/fe0769f8-1be0-419f-a4a7-fac5c0eec849/LocalGovernmentEtc(Scotland)Bill?highlight=%22monifieth%20high%20school%22#contribution-257dc484-c9a4-4e93-8350-b17f395a1af4 |website=Hansard |publisher=UK Parliament |accessdate=9 June 2020 |date=10 October 1994}} The school enrolls approximately 1100 pupils from a catchment area including Monifieth, parts of Barnhill, Birkhill and other rural areas of Angus including the Hillbanks area, Liff and Auchterhouse.
School performance
Monifieth High School has very good exam results in all areas of the school,{{cite web|url=http://news.stv.tv/scotland/tayside/215938-school-league-tables-dundee-city-achieves-best-results-in-six-years/ |title=School League Tables: Dundee City achieves best results in six years | Dundee & Tayside | News | STV |publisher=News |date=2010-12-15 |accessdate=2012-08-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329033559/http://news.stv.tv/scotland/tayside/215938-school-league-tables-dundee-city-achieves-best-results-in-six-years/ |archivedate=29 March 2012 }} achieving more than double the average for the number of pupils attaining five or more awards at Higher in 2010.{{clarify|date=March 2016}}
As of 2021, the school was last inspected by Education Scotland in 2015, when inspectors found that "Young people learn and achieve well at Monifieth High School ... [although] the pace of learning could be brisker, activities more challenging and young people could be given more responsibility for their learning".{{cite web |last1=Byrne |first1=Mary |title=Monifieth High School |url=https://education.gov.scot/media/bsjnns4z/monifiethhsins151215.pdf |publisher=Education Scotland |accessdate=9 June 2020 |date=2015}}
Facilities
In 2004, the school renovated many of its facilities, including the reception area, and constructed new changing rooms, increased singing rooms in the music department, and installed many interactive whiteboards in classrooms.{{cite web |title =Using ICT in Science -- Evaluation of a Secondary School Development Project |work =Future Learning and Teaching Programme |date =December 2004 |url =http://www.flatprojects.org.uk/Images/monifieth_final_eval_report_tcm4-261809.pdf |accessdate =28 November 2006 |archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20100624014052/http://www.flatprojects.org.uk/Images/monifieth_final_eval_report_tcm4-261809.pdf |archivedate =24 June 2010 }}
In 2010 pupils vandalised school buildings.{{cite news |last1=Moncur |first1=James |title=Scots pupils vandalise school after planning attack via social networking sites |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-pupils-vandalise-school-after-1060092 |accessdate=9 June 2020 |work=Daily Record |date=27 May 2010}}
As of 2020, the school is over-subscribed and the school buildings are reported to be "struggling to cope".{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Graham |title=Over-capacity Monifieth High to cap S1 intake for new school year |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/angus-mearns/1285873/over-capacity-monifieth-high-to-cap-s1-intake-for-new-school-year |accessdate=9 June 2020 |work=The Courier |date=24 April 2020}}
Monifieth Learning Campus
In 2020 Angus Council successfully got funding to build a new high school in the grounds of the existing building. Construction started in June 2023 and is due to be complete in August 2025, and the old building to be demolished and the project to be fully complete in August 2026. {{cite web | url=https://www.angus.gov.uk/schools_and_young_people/school_buildings/angus_schools_for_the_future/monifieth_learning_campus_0 | title=Monifieth Learning Campus }}
Community support
In 2020, the school was one of eight local schools making and supplying masks to health workers.{{cite news |last1=Simpson |first1=James |title=Hundreds of protective masks made for NHS staff at Angus secondary schools |url=https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/hundreds-of-protective-masks-made-for-nhs-staff-at-angus-secondary-schools |accessdate=9 June 2020 |work=Evening Telegraph |date=8 April 2020}}
Previous rectors and headteachers
As of 2022, the headteacher is Andy Dingwall. The previous headteacher was M-C McInally (from 2013).{{cite web |title=History of Monifieth High School |url=http://www.monifiethhigh.angus.sch.uk/History%20of%20School%20-%20Aug%202013.pdf |publisher=Monifieth High School |access-date=19 September 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Meiklem |first1=Peter John |title=Angry Monifieth High parents call for better security after police remove excluded pupil |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/angus-mearns/1022069/angry-monifieth-high-parents-call-for-better-security-after-police-remove-excluded-pupil |access-date=19 September 2022 |work=The Courier |date=16 November 2019}} Before that, the school's rectors were Hector Low (to 1994), Jim Collins (1994 to 2000) and Richard Coton (2000 to 2013).
Notable staff
Rhona Goss won the "Teachers of Physics" award in 2005 from the Institute of Physics."[http://www.iop.org/Our_Activities/Awards/Additional_Awards/Teachers_of_Physics_Awards/page_1796.html The Teachers of Physics Awards]", Institute of Physics. Retrieved 28 November 2006.
Notable former pupils
{{See also|Category:People educated at Monifieth High School}}
{{alumni|date=October 2022}}
- Tom Simpson – keyboard player for Snow Patrol
- Paul Dixon – former Dundee United and Scotland player
References
External links
{{Spoken Wikipedia|Monifieth_High_School.ogg|date=2007-11-27}}
- [http://www.monifiethhighschool.com Monifieth High Online]
- [http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/monifiethhighschoolangus.asp Monifieth High's page on Scottish Schools Online]
- [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=monifieth&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=56.479291,-2.84091&spn=0.002725,0.01075&t=k&om=1&iwloc=addr Satellite Image of School]
- [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/documents-w4/erss-06.htm Examination Results in Scottish Schools 1996-1998]
- [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/education/erss01-07.asp Examination Results in Scottish Schools 1999-2001]
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Category:Secondary schools in Angus, Scotland