Holyrood R.C. Secondary School
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| 100 Dixon Road Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland |
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| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Head Teacher | Thomas McDonald |
| Students | 2,300 |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Houses | St Helen's, St Peter's, St Margaret's, St Columba's, St Kentigern's, St Ninian's, St Andrew's, St Bonaventure's |
| Funding type | State-funded |
| Language | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Urdu |
| Campus | Main Building, Sports Centre (used to also include "The Huts") |
| Campus | urban |
| Hours in school day | 6.5 |
| Accreditation(s) | SQA |
| Mascot | none |
| Established | 1936 |
| Status | open |
| 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 and White |
| Homepage | http://www.holyrood-sec.glasgow.sch.uk |
Holyrood R.C. Secondary, commonly referred to as Holyrood, is a Catholic secondary school in the south-side of Glasgow, Scotland. The school was completed in 1936 and originally functioned as a grammar school with entry dependent on a high mark in the 11 plus examination. In c.1971 the exam was abolished and all Scottish state schools became equal in terms of status, curriculum offered and examinations taken.
The school has a pupil roll of approximately 2,300 and 150 teachers making it the largest secondary level education institute in Europe.[1]
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[edit] Alumni
Famous alumni of the school include Bishop John Mone of the Paisley diocese, Top Class 400m runner Lee McConnell, actor Joseph McFadden, Fran Healy (lead singer of Travis), Scottish stand-up comics Des Clarke and Frankie Boyle, Jim Kerr, (lead singer), Charlie Burchill and Brian McGee of Simple Minds, Chris Burke (Rangers player), Pat McFadden, BERR minister and Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws the esteemed lawyer, human rights activist and chair of the British Council.[2] Dr Gerry McCann, the father of Madeleine McCann is also an alumnus of Holyrood.
[edit] Scandals
In recent years the school community has been rocked by a scandal involving a relationship between a teacher and a pupil. It involved the head of music and an ex-pupil at the school. [3]
[edit] Chaplaincy
As the school is Roman Catholic it is served by a Religious education (RE) department and a chaplain, Father Anthony Gallagher of Christ the King, Kings Park.
[edit] External links
- Official website of Holyrood R.C. Secondary
- Holyrood R.C. Secondary School's page on Scottish Schools Online
