Bishopbriggs Academy
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| Motto | Educating, Inspiring, Empowering |
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| Established | 2006 |
| Type | State secondary school |
| Headteacher | Mr. Gordon Moulsdale BSc |
| Location | Wester Cleddens Road Bishopbriggs East Dunbartonshire G64 1HZ Scotland |
| Students | 1181 (Session 2009/10) |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Houses | Burns, MacDonald, Thomson, Kelvin, Fleming and Muir |
| Colours | Black and Blue |
| School Years | S1-S6 |
| Affiliated Schools | Auchinairn, Woodhill, Wester Cleddens, Balmuildy and Meadowburn |
| Contact No | 0141 955 2351 |
| Website | Bishopbriggs Academy |
Bishopbriggs Academy is a secondary school in the town of Bishopbriggs, in the district of East Dunbartonshire. Bishopbriggs Academy is a non-denominational, co-educational, comprehensive school taking pupils from S1 to S6. It is currently one of two secondary schools in Bishopbriggs, along with Turnbull High School at Brackenbrae.
The school was established in August 2006 as a result of the amalgamation of Bishopbriggs High School and Thomas Muir High School, in preparation for a move to a single new campus.
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[edit] History
The two antecedent secondary schools were originally established to meet local demand during Bishopbriggs' housing boom beginning in the 1960s. Bishopbriggs High School was opened by Lanark County Council in 1965 and designed by Alexander Farquhar.
It replaced the previous school which had originally opened in 1896, designed by David Woodburn Sturrock, and featured inscriptions on its clock tower, commemorating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria that year. The former Bishopbriggs School was converted into the town Library after the completion of the new school building.
Thomas Muir High School was named after the local historical political radical, Thomas Muir, and opened in 1979, to serve the expanding Woodhill area of the town.
[edit] New Academy
Bishopbriggs High School and Thomas Muir High School merged in 2006 to form Bishopbriggs Academy as part of a £100million PPP plan to build six new secondary schools in East Dunbartonshire. The school is now situated at the site of the former Thomas Muir High School on Wester Cleddens Road, where the new campus was completed in August 2009. Prior to that, Bishopbriggs Academy had been located at the former Bishopbriggs High School buildings near Bishopbriggs Cross, which were demolished during June 2010.
The council consultation with parents had initially resulted in an agreement that the school would be built on the Bishopbriggs High School site, however this decision was later reversed in favour of the Thomas Muir site in Woodhill.
[edit] Affiliated schools
Bishopbriggs Academy is affiliated to the five local non-denominational primary schools: Auchinairn, Woodhill, Wester Cleddens, Balmuildy and Meadowburn.
[edit] Attendance
During session 2009/10 Bishopbriggs Academy had a roll of 1181 pupils made up as follows:
- S1 - 213
- S2 - 210
- S3 - 210
- S4 - 207
- S5 - 189
- S6 - 152[citation needed]
[edit] Notable former pupils
[edit] Bishopbriggs High School
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This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability or notability policies. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources cited within this article showing they are notable and alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (February 2012) |
- David Moulsdale, Chief Executive and Founder of Optical Express[citation needed]
- Alastair Kellock, Glasgow Warriors and Scotland national rugby union team captain[1]
- Amy Macdonald, singer[2]
- Dougie Freedman, Footballer[citation needed]
- Alan Irvine, Footballer[citation needed]
- Craig Kneale, drummer of Twin Atlantic[citation needed]
[edit] Thomas Muir High School
- Roderick Buchanan, artist[3]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk/sport/bishopbriggs_boy_is_new_scotland_skipper_1_1182853
- ^ "Video week - Former Bishopbriggs High School pupil Amy Macdonald performs for Bishopbriggs Academy pupils at The Garage nightclub in Glasgow". The Herald. Newsquest (Herald & Times) Limited. http://www.theherald.co.uk/videoweek/Amy. Retrieved 2008-08-04.[dead link]
- ^ "Roderick Buchanan and Thomas Muir". Map Magazine. 2007. http://www.mapmagazine.co.uk/index.cfm?page=984F1E34-BDF5-2379-71075D0184E53D92&articleid=178. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
Coordinates: 55°54′29″N 4°12′10″W / 55.90806°N 4.20278°W
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