John Paul Academy

John Paul Academy
John Paul Academy
Address
	2 Arrochar Street; Glasgow, G23 5LY; Scotland
Information
Type	Secondary School
Motto	Working Together To Achieve Our Best
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1982
Local authority	Glasgow City
Headteacher	David Owen
School Chaplain	J Dean
Staff	51.4 FTE
Gender	Mixed
Enrolment	919 (September 2018)

John Paul Academy, is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Summerston, Glasgow, Scotland. It mainly serves Summerston, Maryhill, Ruchill, Possilpark and Milton and has a capacity of 800-1000 pupils. The catchment area for the school changed after the 1990s; the areas of Ruchill, Possilpark and Milton were provided by St Augustine's Roman Catholic Secondary School within Milton area, and the children of Catholic families of Bearsden and Milngavie went to John Paul Academy.

Opened in 1982 by Strathclyde Regional Council, it is named after Pope John Paul II, who visited Glasgow and hosted an open-air mass in Bellahouston Park that year.

The School's motto In Scientia Caritas Abundet, "In Knowledge May Goodness Abound", can be found on the school crest. It consists of the Pope's Episcopal Mitre, The Eagle of Saint John and Saint Paul's sword.

The original headteacher was Eamon Rafferty, followed by Mary Weeple until 2007, by Charles Docherty until 2008/09, then by Vincent Docherty 2010/2014 then Johnathan McGhee 2014/2021 then finally Mr David McGregor Owen 2022/pressent

It’s most notable pupils consist of David Martindale (Livingston FC) manager, Kevin Nisbet (Footballer), David Tennant (Actor), Nicola Sturgeon (Politician), Joseph Drennan (F1 Driver)