Arran High School

Arran High School
Address
Lamlash Isle of Arran , KA27 8NG
Information
Type	Secondary School
Established	1946
Headteacher	Barry Smith
Staff	≈50
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 18
Enrollment	≈250 (2014)
Old building	1939 - 2008
Current building	2008 - present
Website	http://www.arran.n-ayrshire.sch.uk/

Arran High School is a state-funded secondary school at Lamlash, on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. It is the only secondary school on the island, and is located beside Lamlash Primary School. The school has a roll of around 250 pupils, about 50 teachers, 16 prefects, 2 School Captains and 2 vice captains. At the beginning of 2008, a new school building was opened, replacing an older building which dated from the late 1930s.

The current head teacher is Barry Smith.

History

Before the school, pupils from the island would need to travel to and board at a school on the Isle of Bute. The original Arran High School building was completed in 1939 but the building was taken over for use as a hospital in World War II . It only became a school in 1946 and was used as both a primary and secondary school. At this time the school was known as Lamlash Junior Secondary.

New school

Former First Minister of Scotland Jack McConnell officially opened the new school on 9 June 2008, although pupils were being educated in the new building since January 2008.

The school has 25 classrooms as well as a workshop, a theatre, a gym hall and dance studio, a fitness suite, a library, three support rooms and a cafeteria. The school also has a nursery for children aged 5 and younger, as well as three college rooms which Argyll College use. Within the school grounds there is a youth centre which was due to be demolished, but was resited to a new location within the school grounds instead.

External links

• Arran High School web site
• Arran High School information from North Ayrshire Council
• Arran High School's page on Scottish Schools Online