Our Lady's High School, Cumbernauld
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| Our Lady's High School | |
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Dowanfield Road, Cumbernauld Scotland | |
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| Type | Secondary |
| Established | 1968 |
| Headmaster | Jakub Kargul |
| Grades | Scottish Qualifications Certificate National 5 Higher Advanced Higher |
| Affiliations | St Mary's Primary School |
| Website | http://www.ourladys.n-lanark.sch.uk/ |
Our Lady's High School is a six-year Roman Catholic co-educational comprehensive school which opened in 1968. It caters for pupils living in Cumbernauld, Muirhead, Cardowan and Stepps and in addition to pupils from Condorrat, Dullatur, Moodiesburn and Castlecary.[1] The school's emblem is a post-modern artistic recreation of the Virgin and child.
History
Prior to its opening in 1968 there was no Roman Catholic high school in Cumbernauld and pupils had to make a 10-mile bus journey to Kirkintilloch to attend St. Ninian's.
The school has always maintained a strong link with the surrounding community, and through pupils, parents and teacher links they are associated with several primary schools from which the intake is drawn:
- St Margaret of Scotland Primary School, Cumbernauld
- St Lucy's Primary School, Abronhill
- St Mary's Primary School, Ravenswood
- St Joseph's Primary School, Stepps
- St Barbara's Primary School, Muirhead
- St Andrew's Primary School, Cumbernauld
The former Sacred Heart Primary in Kildrum was also a feeder primary till its closure in 2000.
Houses
The pupils are split into 5 different Houses - St Margaret of Scotland, St John Ogilvie, St Thenew, St Mungo and St Columba.
Notable former pupils
Jack Traynor- major.
- David Cromwell – oceanographer and co-editor of the Media Lens website
- Mark McGhee – football manager, currently manager of Motherwell F.C. and assistant manager of the Scottish national football team
- Peter Mackie – football player, Celtic F.C. and St Mirren F.C.
- Pauline McNeill – former MSP
- Neil Primrose – drummer from Travis
References
- ^ School Handbook 2014-15; URL last accessed 2014-08-26.