Holyrood Secondary School
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| 100 Dixon Road Glasgow, Strathclyde, G42 8AU, Scotland |
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| Coordinates | 55°49′59″N 4°15′04″W / 55.833°N 4.25114°W |
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| Funding type | State-funded |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1936 |
| Status | open |
| Head Teacher | Thomas McDonald |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Number of students | 1,966 |
| Hours in school day | 7( 8.45 to 3.50 Monday and Tuesday) and 8.45 to 3 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday |
| Campus | Main Building, Sports Centre (used to also include "The Huts") |
| Campus size | 2000+ |
| Campus type | urban |
| Accreditation(s) | SQA |
| Feeder schools | St Albert’s, St Francis’, St Bride’s, St Brigid’s, Holy Cross, St Fillan’s, St Mirin’s, Our Lady of the Annunciation & St Conval’s |
| Colours | Blue, white and grey |
| Website | http://www.holyrood-sec.glasgow.sch.uk |
Holyrood Secondary School is a Catholic secondary school in the south-side of Glasgow, Scotland. It is near Crosshill railway station, Hampden Park, A728 and the new, M74 motorway. Despite its size, Holyrood has historically been one of Scotland’s top-performing state schools and is renowned for its fundraising activities. The school has established a close partnership with Mary's Meals, which saw former depute head, Tony Begley, resign from his position to take up a new role as the education co-ordinator of this nonprofitable charity.[1] The school has also been at the forefront of fundraising for Malawi as well as Mary's Meals which involves under 30 pupils travelling to areas close to Blantyre to reconstruct, renovate and build schools.[2] Many of its feeder schools have followed by example by incorporating Malawi into several aspects of the curriculum. Holyrood currently has 1968 pupils... S1: 388 S2: 386 S3: 354 S4: 353 S5: 321 S6: 166[3] The school is also the feature of a new BBC Documentary by Friel Kean films due to air in March 2012.[4] The show, with a working title of "High School", will follow pupils and staff in the current academic year.[5]
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[edit] History
The school was founded in 1936 and originally functioned as a Senior Secondary with entry dependent on a high mark in the "Qualifying examination". In 1971 the exam was abolished and all Scottish state schools became equal in terms of status, curriculum offered and examinations taken.
[edit] Facilities
The original school building, designed by the firm of John Burnet, Son & Dick, was built in 1936, and is now protected as a category B listed building.[6]
Over the years, the school has had renovation and additional blocks purposely built, this is known as the "new block" and "I.T. Wing". The I.T. Wing features top of the range computing facilities. The new block also features new classrooms for English, Religious education and Social Subjects.The school features over 20 purpose build I.T. Rooms and also hosts three drama studios, complete with sound and lighting effects. In addition, several wood work and metal workshops are situated as well as modern laboratories for Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Nearly all classrooms within the school are fully equipped with state of the art SMART boards and projectors.[7]
In 2001, Glasgow city council commissioned a modern sports centre to be built directly next to Holyrood, known as "Holyrood Sports Centre". The school has exclusive access during the day to all the facilities, with the centre being open at night to the public. The sports centre features a full size synthetic floodlit pitch, 3 seven-a-side pitches, top quality changing rooms and shower accommodation. In addition, a open plan gym which can be split into two separate halls, a dance studio and a modern extensive fitness suite. These facilities are used by all pupils for physical education and are an addition to the swimming pool and gymnastics hall.[8]
[edit] Malawi Partnership
This partnership has been described by Lord McConnell, Former First Minister, as one of the very best examples of a Scotland / Malawi partnership. For 4 consecutive years a group of senior pupils has made the trip to Malawi and so far the partnership has constructed 8 new classrooms and refurbished a further 8 in Holyrood's partner schools. Thus, the learning environment for a large number of children has been improved. Holyrood works in close partnership with the charity, Mary's Meals, whose ambition is to feed the starving children of the world through places of education. As a result, the partner schools are well attended and children receive a life saving daily meal and invaluable education but accommodation is critically short and in extremely poor condition. A team of 30 young people has now been chosen for 2012 after a successful 4 years of the project and will continue the work in Malawi, led by the head teacher, Thomas McDonald.[9] The school has so far raised in excess of £200,000 for Malawi and has no sign of stopping yet.[10]
[edit] Admissions
The school has a pupil roll of approximately 2000 pupils and 150 teachers making it one of the largest state comprehensive schools in Europe.[11] John McGeady is an English teacher at the school. He was formerly a Sheffield United player and is the father of Spartak Moscow winger Aiden McGeady. [12]
[edit] Notable former pupils
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- James Boyle[13] Broadcaster. Head of BBC Radio Scotland and controller of BBC Radio 4. Chairman of the Scottish Arts Council.
- Alan Brazil[14] Scotland and Ipswich Town footballer
- Bob Crampsey[15] Teacher (including history teacher at Holyrood in the 1970s), broadcaster, journalist and historian. Human encyclopedia of football knowledge. Won Brain of Britain 1965. Reached semi-finals of Mastermind (TV series) 1973.
- Jim Fitzpatrick,[16] Labour MP for Poplar and Canning Town since 1997, and former London Fire Brigade firefighter
- Charlie Gallagher[17] footballer
- Fran Healy[18] (lead singer of Travis)
- Liam Kane,[19][20] ex-Managing Director of Daily Record and Sunday Mail newspapers, and Millenium Dome, and currently Chief Executive at East London Business Alliance.
- Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, lawyer, human rights activist and chair of the British Council.[21]
- Jim Kerr, (lead singer), Charlie Burchill and Brian McGee of Simple Minds.[22]
- Johnny McElhone musician and songwriter of Altered Images, Hipsway and Texas.[23] Also, Michael "Tich" Anderson and Tony McDaid of Altered Images.[24] Also, Johnny's brother, Gerry McElhone, who managed both Altered Images and Hipsway, and contributed to songwriting for the former.[25]
- actor Joseph McFadden
- John McGeady[14] Sheffield United footballer, and father of Celtic and Republic of Ireland footballer, Aiden McGeady
[edit] Chaplaincy
The school chaplain is Father Anthony Gallagher of Christ the King, Kings Park.
[edit] References
- ^ "Tony Begley Resigns from Current Position". TES. http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6052480. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Holyrood Malawi Partnership". Holyrood Secondary. http://www.holyrood-sec.glasgow.sch.uk/PlainText/PlainText.aspx?SectionId=12daf21b-672b-4020-970c-8369a2cdff38. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Scottish Schools: Holyrood Secondary". LTS Scotland. http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/holyroodsecondaryschoolglasgowcity.asp. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Head Teacher's Blog: 20th January". http://www.holyrood-sec.glasgow.sch.uk/Blog/Blog.aspx?SectionId=f5444cbe-9245-48d3-9c49-1be6c5c1c90c. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Friel Kean Films: High School". http://frielkeanfilms.com/?page=productions/high-school. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Holyrood RC School: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/hslive/hsstart?P_HBNUM=32415. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ "School Handbook". GCC. http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/CFCEEC56-DA15-4C5A-BD78-F95F06559146/0/HolyroodSecondaryHandbook.pdf. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Glasgow City Council Sports centres". Glasgow Life. http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Sports_Fitness/FootballCentres/HolyroodSportsCentre. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Malawi Partnership". Holyrood Secondary. http://www.holyrood-sec.glasgow.sch.uk/PlainText/PlainText.aspx?SectionId=12daf21b-672b-4020-970c-8369a2cdff38. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "TES: This is where my heart lies". TES. http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6052480. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Holyrood Secondary School Website: Homepage". http://www.holyrood-sec.glasgow.sch.uk/. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Official Website of Holyrood". Holyrood-sec.glasgow.sch.uk. http://www.holyrood-sec.glasgow.sch.uk. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ "bnet". Findarticles.com. 2002-08-25. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20020825/ai_n12577744/. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ a b Peter Jardine (2008-12-31). "Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1103329/Bye-bye-bad-Bhoy-Right-time-gamblers-punt-McGeady.html. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ "obituary HeraldScotland". Heraldscotland.com. 2008-07-29. http://www.heraldscotland.com/bob-crampsey-1.885616. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ "www.hm_treasury-gov.uk". Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_156_99.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ "www.celticfc.net". www.celticfc.net. 2010-11-03. http://www.celticfc.net/newsstory?item=95. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ "musictory.com". musictory.com. 1973-07-23. http://www.musictory.com/music/Fran+Healy/Biography. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ Thu, 20 Apr 2000 (2000-04-20). "Marketing Week". Marketing Week. http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/home/ex-dome-chief-liam-kane-takes-betterware-top-job/2031153.article. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ "LinkedIn page". Uk.linkedin.com. http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/liam-kane/18/274/a04. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ An organisation that promotes Scottish Universities
- ^ First year school photos of Kerr and Burchill can be found here "simpleminds.org". simpleminds.org. http://www.simpleminds.org/sm/tree/br1.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ "JOHNNY GUITAR; EXCLUSIVE CHART-TOPPING SONGWRITER IS HONOURED WITH NUMBER ONE AWARD Texas star's 25 years of hits. - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/JOHNNY+GUITAR%3B+EXCLUSIVE+CHART-TOPPING+SONGWRITER+IS+HONOURED+WITH...-a0153146555. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ From the archive (1994-05-28). "''In a class of its own''". Heraldscotland.com. http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/in-a-class-of-its-own-1.500499. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
- ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Gerry+McElhone. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
[edit] External links
- Official website of Holyrood R.C. Secondary
- Holyrood R.C. Secondary School's page on Scottish Schools Online
