Falkirk High School

Falkirk High School
Falkirk High School
Location
	Falkirk, Stirlingshire; Scotland
Information
Type	Secondary
Motto	Invicem Servite (Serve one another)
Head teacher	Stuart Kelly
Teaching staff	102
Number of students	1,200
Color(s)	maroon/white
Athletics	gymnasium, swimming pool, dance/fitness suite and rugby/football pitch
Website	http://www.falkirk.falkirk.sch.uk/

Coordinates: 55°59′49″N 3°48′18″W / 55.997°N 3.805°W / 55.997; -3.805

Falkirk High School is a high school located in Falkirk, Stirlingshire that was founded in 1886.

It is a non-denominational six-year fully comprehensive school, situated approximately one mile from the centre of the town. It serves a widespread catchment area and has eight associated primary schools: Bainsford, Bantaskin, Carmuirs, Comely Park, Easter Carmuirs, Langlees, Limerigg and Slamannan Primary Schools.

There are four houses – Campbell (Red), Robertson (Yellow), Cameron (Green) and Mackay (Blue), which are named after the first four rectors of the school.

Roll

The school's old buildings during demolition, 2009

2004/2005 1153^[2]
2010/2011 1058^[3]

Notable former teachers

James Martin, Scottish Public Services Ombudsman since 2009 (taught from 1975 to 1979)
Alexander Durie Russell FRSE (d.1955) maths teacher at Falkirk^[4]

Notable alumni

Craigie Aitchison, Lord Aitchison, Labour MP from 1929 to 1933 for Kilmarnock
novelist Alan 'Alvin' Bissett
Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, Painter and Limner
Rev Dr John Urquhart Cameron, athlete, theologian, journalist
Prof George Stuart Gordon, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1938 to 1941, President from 1928 to 1942 of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Professor of English at the University of Leeds^{[citation needed]}
Ian Harley, chief executive officer, Abbey National Bank from 1998 to 2002
David Marshall, Labour MP from 2005 to 2008 for Glasgow East, and from 1979 to 2005 for Glasgow Shettleston
Prof Gordon Marshall CBE, Vice-Chancellor from 2003 to 2011 of the University of Reading, and chairman since 2007 of the Higher Education Statistics Agency
Donald Shaw Ramsay, was a Scottish bagpiper. Qualified as a pipe major in the British Army, he led the Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band to victory at the World Championships twice and was also leader of the all-star Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band during its four years of existence.^[5]

References

^ "Falkirk High School Falkirk - Home Page". www.falkirk.falkirk.sch.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Scotland. "Falkirk High School – Falkirk – Scottish Schools Online 2011/12". Educationscotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
^ https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0950184300000355^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "RSPBA - The Heart of the Pipe Band World". www.rspba.org. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016.

External links

[1] "Falkirk High School Falkirk - Home Page". www.falkirk.falkirk.sch.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] Scotland. "Falkirk High School – Falkirk – Scottish Schools Online 2011/12". Educationscotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.

[4] ttps://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0950184300000355^{[bare URL PDF]}

[5] "RSPBA - The Heart of the Pipe Band World". www.rspba.org. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016.

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