St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch
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| name = St Ninian's High School
| image = St. Ninian's High School Badge.png
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| motto = In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas (unity in necessary things; liberty in doubtful things; charity in all things)
| established = 1874
| closed =
| type = Comprehensive
| religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic
| head_label = Headteacher
| head = David Killin
| r_head_label = Deputies
| r_head = Garry Mulgrew (S1/S3)
Suzanne Boyle (S2)
David Sheeran (S6)
Steven Rance (S4/S5)
| address = Bellfield Road
| city = Kirkintilloch
| county = East Dunbartonshire
| country = Scotland
| postcode = G66 1DT
| local_authority = East Dunbartonshire
| gender = Coeducational
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| houses = St. Andrews
St. Mungo
St. John Paul
St. Margaret Of Scotland
St. John Ogilvie
St. Teresa Of Calcutta
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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 900 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
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.{{cite news |url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/12846725.Scotland_apos_s_best_teacher_meets_the_PM_at_No_10/ |title=Scotland's best teacher meets the PM at No 10 |work=Evening Times |date=5 November 2009|accessdate=22 August 2016}}
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.{{cite web|last=Forbes|first=Dave|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/fodeeroy/3800525657|title=St.Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch at|publisher=Flickr|accessdate=5 March 2015}}
Celtic Youth Academy
St Ninian's High, in partnership with Celtic F.C., 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6027047|title=Celtic boys get shot at their goal|publisher=TES|date=6 November 2009|accessdate=30 August 2015}}{{cite web|author=Alison McConnell|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/more-scottish-football/scottish-football-in-crisis-celtic-lead-way-in-pioneering-project-to-educate-tomorrow-s-footballers-1.932973|title=SCOTTISH FOOTBALL IN CRISIS: Celtic lead way in pioneering project to educate tomorrow's footballers|publisher=Herald Scotland|date=18 November 2009|accessdate=30 August 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk/news/local-headlines/celtic-link-up-with-kirkintilloch-high-school-is-a-net-result-for-all-1-2187222|title=Celtic link-up with Kirkintilloch high school is a net result for all!|publisher=Kirkintilloch Herald|date=22 March 2012|accessdate=30 August 2015}}
Feeder schools
- Holy Family Primary School, Lenzie.
- Holy Trinity Primary School, Kirkintilloch.
- St Nicholas' Primary School, Bearsden.
- St Machan's Primary School, Lennoxtown.
Notable former pupils
{{See also|Category:People educated at St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch}}
- Theresa Breslin (born 1947), author{{cite web|url=http://www.st-ninians.e-dunbarton.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?page=Famous+Ex-Pupils&pid=19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008222550/http://www.st-ninians.e-dunbarton.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?page=Famous+Ex-Pupils&pid=19|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 October 2011|title=St Ninians - Famous Ex-Pupils|publisher=st-ninians.e-dunbarton.sch.uk|accessdate=5 March 2015}}
- Peter Capaldi (born 1958), actor
- Stephen Crainey (born 1981), footballer
- Karamoko Dembélé (born 2003), footballer{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11787/10605019/karamoko-dembele-the-lowdown-on-celtics-13-year-old-prodigy|title=Karamoko Dembele: the lowdown on Celtic's 13-year-old prodigy|last=Burlaga|first=Kate|date=12 October 2016|website=Sky Sports |access-date=21 October 2016}}
- Bishop Joseph Devine (1937 – 2019), Bishop of Motherwell{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1401071.stm|title=Tribute to Bishop Devine|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=5 March 2015}}
- John Hendrie (born 1963), footballer
- Aaron Hickey (born 2002), footballer[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aaron-hickey-reveals-lessons-karamoko-16202268 Aaron Hickey details his Karamoko Dembele lessons as Hearts kid upstages school pal] Gary Ralston, Daily Record (May 26, 2019) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526095144/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aaron-hickey-reveals-lessons-karamoko-16202268 |date=May 26, 2019 }}
- Des McKeown (born 1970), footballer
- Charlie Mulgrew (born 1986), footballer
- Bishop Ian Murray (born 1932), Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles
- Katie Sutherland, musician (Pearl and the Puppets)
- Kieran Tierney (born 1997), footballer
- Paul Wilson (born 1950), footballer
References
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External links
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- [http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/stninianshighschooleastdunbartonshire.asp St Ninian's High School's page on Scottish Schools Online]
- [http://stniniansfrenchtrip.blogspot.com/ French trip]
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Category:Catholic secondary schools in East Dunbartonshire
Category:Educational institutions established in 1874
Category:1874 establishments in Scotland