Craigie High School

Craigie High School

Established	1970
Type	Secondary School
Head Teacher	Colin Biernat
Deputy Head Teachers	Mr K Hearn Ms L Mitchell Mrs A Waghorn
Business Manager	Mrs A McKenzie
Location	Garnet Terrace Dundee Dundee City Council(formerly Tayside) DD4 7QD Scotland
Local authority	Dundee City Council
Staff	85.8 FTE
Students	825
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Houses	Glamis Castle Claypotts Castle Broughty Castle Mains Castle Fernie Castle
Colours	Black      Gold
Awards	Scottish Schools Ethos Award UNICEF Right Respecting School Award Level 1
School Years	S1 - S6
Contact No	01382 431111
Fax No	01382 431130
Website	Craigie High School

Craigie High School (CHS)56.472507°N 2.923104°W / 56.472507; -2.923104 is a co-educational government funded High school situated in the city of Dundee, Scotland. The school is located within Craigiebank and has been serving the areas of Craigiebank, Douglas and Pitkerro for over 40 years.

History

In November 1963, the Dundee Sub-Works Committee asked the Town Clerk to negotiate for the purchase of 12 acres of ground at Craigie Home Farm south as a site for a new secondary school. The contract was won by Charles Gray (Builders)at a total cost of £935,000.

Craigie High School first opened its doors to pupils on 20 August 1970, although some building work continued until the official opening on December 11, 1970 by Sir Garnet Wilson, former Lord Provost of Dundee and whom the street entrance of the school, Garnet Terrace, was named for.

When opened, the school was considered a major step forward in improving education in Dundee due it being the first purpose built comprehensive school in the city. For this reason, the school was featured in the local newspaper The Courier.

Houses

The school operates a house system, which is assigned at the start of S1 (first year) and split between classes (1 class per house). Pupils remain in the specified house for the remainder of their education at CHS, although house classes become mixed in preparation for the Standard Grades exams at the beginning of 3rd year, the pupils still have one class a week with their house group held by their house head/guidance teacher.

The houses are named after 5 prominent castles in the surrounding area, these are Broughty Castle, Claypotts Castle,Fernie Castle, Mains Castle and Glamis Castle and are used with a points system during educational and physical competitions. Each house has a teacher assigned as House head and two additional teachers assigned as the Guidance teachers for the house.

Subjects

The school is split into various departments headed by a principle teacher and offers pupils the opportunity to gain skills in the following subject areas;

• Art & Design
• Biology
• Business Education
• Chemistry
• Computing
• Design & Technology/Engineering
• English
• Geography
• History
• Home Economics
• Mathematics
• Modern Languages (French, German and Spanish)
• Music and Drama
• Physical Education
• Physics
• Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies
• Science

The school offers these subjects in conjunction with the Scottish Qualification Authority's (SQA) educational courses of Standard Grade, Access Three, Intermediate One, Intermediate Two, Higher and Advanced Higher, as well as a large number of SQA National Certificate modules.

The school also houses three additional departments;

• Guidance
• Support for Learning
• Sensory Enhanced Provision

The Support for Learning and Sensory Enhanced Provision departments were created in order to give extra assistance to pupils with learning difficulties, visual and audio impairments and other disabilities through out their education at CHS. The Guidance department is predominantly involved with aiming to solve and assist with any social problems or any disciplinary issues pupils may face during their time at the school.

Values and Vision

At the heart of the school lies its commitment to sound learning and teaching within a routine discipline system and supportive surroundings, with the core of this vision being encouraged through the following values;

• Helpfulness, good manners, honesty and respect for others;
• Academic, sporting and cultural achievement;
• Willingness to listen;
• Commitment to work which matches and extends abilities;
• Self-worth, self-confidence and responsible behaviour;
• Consideration and tolerance of views held by others;
• Determination to achieve success;
• Positive contributions to the life of our school and wider community;
• Punctuality and regular attendance.

Awards

In 2011, Craigie High School was awarded the UNICEF Right Respecting School Award Level 1. Tam Baillie, Scotland's RRSA commissioner, presented the award to staff and pupils at the school.

In 2000 the school won the Scottish Schools Ethos Award.

External links

• Craigie High School Website
• HMIE Report
• Craigie High School on Scottish Schools Online