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{{Infobox school | ||
| | name = Hillhead High School | | name = Hillhead High School | ||
| | image = Hillhead High School.JPG | | image = Hillhead High School.JPG | ||
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| | coordinates = {{coord|55.87455|-4.28538|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | | coordinates = {{coord|55.87455|-4.28538|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | ||
| | motto = ''Nous maintiendrons'' (French for "We shall maintain") | | motto = ''Nous maintiendrons'' (French for "We shall maintain") | ||
| | established =1885 (as Hillhead Primary School)<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome to Hillhead High School|url=http://www.hillheadhigh.glasgow.sch.uk/PlainText/PlainText.aspx?SectionId=5ff23c8a-b038-44b4-93ea-ee664b24ad64|publisher=Hillhead High School| |
| established =1885 (as Hillhead Primary School)<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome to Hillhead High School|url=http://www.hillheadhigh.glasgow.sch.uk/PlainText/PlainText.aspx?SectionId=5ff23c8a-b038-44b4-93ea-ee664b24ad64|publisher=Hillhead High School|access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref> | ||
| | closed = | | closed = | ||
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| | president = | | president = | ||
| | head_label = |
| head_label = | ||
| | head = Karen McAlaney | | head = Karen McAlaney | ||
| | r_head_label = | | r_head_label = | ||
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| | urn = | | urn = | ||
| | ofsted = | | ofsted = | ||
| | staff = |
| staff = ~90 | ||
| | enrolment = 1080 (September 2018) | | enrolment = 1080 (September 2018) | ||
| | gender = |
| gender = Coeducational | ||
| | lower_age = 12 | | lower_age = 12 | ||
| | upper_age = 18 | | upper_age = 18 | ||
| | houses = | | houses = | ||
| | colours = |
| colours = black, white, red, blue <br> {{Color box|Black}} {{Color box|White}} {{Color box|Red}} {{Color box|Blue}} | ||
| | publication = | | publication = | ||
| | free_label_1 = Athletics | | free_label_1 = Athletics | ||
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| | website = |
| website = https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/gc/hillheadhigh/ | ||
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| ===Former teachers=== | ===Former teachers=== | ||
| * ], SNP MSP from |
* ], SNP MSP from 1999 to 2003 for ] (taught from 1961 to 1963) | ||
| ==School facilities== | ==School facilities== | ||
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| Originally owned by the University of Glasgow, the Terrace Building was acquired by Hillhead in ''c.''2001. This building is used primarily for applied studies. | Originally owned by the University of Glasgow, the Terrace Building was acquired by Hillhead in ''c.''2001. This building is used primarily for applied studies. | ||
| ==Minority Time Activity== | |||
| Hillhead High School is the only school in Glasgow which has implemented Minority Time Activity (MTA). On Friday afternoons, teachers host activities ranging from ] to ]. Students who take part in extracurricular activities can alternatively use this time for additional practice. | |||
| ==Notable former pupils== | ==Notable former pupils== | ||
| {{Alumni|date=March 2015}} | {{Alumni|date=March 2015}} | ||
| {{Category see also|People educated at Hillhead High School}} | {{Category see also|People educated at Hillhead High School}} | ||
| ⚫ | * ], Glaswegian comedian and presenter of ] in the early sixties | ||
| * Michael Abubakar, actor | |||
| ⚫ | * Don Arrol |
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| * Carrie Lyell, editor of ] | |||
| * ], Glaswegian actor | * ], Glaswegian actor | ||
| * ], former leader of the ] | * ], former leader of the ] | ||
| * ], actress | * ], actress | ||
| * Prof |
* Prof ],<ref></ref> FRSE, geologist, James Hutton Professor of Geology 1967–84 ], founder trustee of ] | ||
| ⚫ | * Prof ], Professor of Chemical Crystallography from 1957 to 1990 at ], and known for the ] | ||
| * Josephine Crombie, actress | |||
| ⚫ | * ] (d. 1998), gay and paedophile rights activist, founder of the ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-ian-dunn-1151494.html|title=Obituary: Ian Dunn|date=21 March 1998|website=The Independent}}</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | * Prof ], Professor of Chemical Crystallography from |
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| ⚫ | * Sir ], journalist and newspaper editor, Editor from 1956 to 1972 of '']'', and from 1946 to 1955 of the '']'' | ||
| ⚫ | * ] (d. 1998), gay and paedophile rights activist, founder of the ]<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-ian-dunn-1151494.html</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | * Sir ], journalist and newspaper editor, Editor from |
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| * ], first footballer to play for ] under the school qualification rule | * ], first footballer to play for ] under the school qualification rule | ||
| * ], |
* ], chairman from 1953 to 1960 of ] | ||
| * ], actress<ref>{{cite web|title=Breaking Bad: Scots actress Laura Fraser's fears over revealing how series finishes|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13125007.Breaking_Bad__Scots_actress_Laura_Fraser_s_fears_over_revealing_how_series_finishes/|website=HeraldScotland| |
* ], actress<ref>{{cite web|title=Breaking Bad: Scots actress Laura Fraser's fears over revealing how series finishes|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13125007.Breaking_Bad__Scots_actress_Laura_Fraser_s_fears_over_revealing_how_series_finishes/|website=HeraldScotland|access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> | ||
| * ], playwright and scriptwriter | * ], playwright and scriptwriter | ||
| * ], ] Professor of the Latin Language and Literature from |
* ], ] Professor of the Latin Language and Literature from 1950 to 1972 at ], New York | ||
| * Prof ], Joseph Cowen Professor of English Literature from |
* Prof ], Joseph Cowen Professor of English Literature from 1970 to 1989 at ] | ||
| * ] OBE, actor, noted for '']'' and '']''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Newcomb|first1=Horace|title=Encyclopedia of Television|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135194796|page=1202|url=https://books.google. |
* ] OBE, actor, noted for '']'' and '']''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Newcomb|first1=Horace|title=Encyclopedia of Television|date=3 February 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135194796|page=1202|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JUzIAgAAQBAJ&dq=gordon+jackson+hillhead+high+school&pg=PA1202|language=en}}</ref> | ||
| * Prof ], doctor and academic | * Prof ], doctor and academic | ||
| * ], (1904-1973) Scottish minister<ref>{{Citation |title=The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |date=2004-09-23 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48855 |work=The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |pages=ref:odnb/48855 |editor-last=Matthew |editor-first=H. C. G. |place=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/48855 |access-date=2022-12-01 |editor2-last=Harrison |editor2-first=B.}}</ref> | |||
| * ], politician | * ], politician | ||
| * ], ] and ], antagonist in the ], |
* ], ] and ], antagonist in the ], chairman from 1983 to 1986 of the ], and Chief Executive from 1980 to 1983 of the ] | ||
| * ], |
* ], chairman from 1930 to 1950 of ICI | ||
| * ], film director<ref>{{cite book|last1=Webster|first1=Jack|title=A Final Grain of Truth: My Autobiography|publisher=Black & White Publishing|isbn=9781845027599|url=https://books.google. |
* ], film director<ref>{{cite book|last1=Webster|first1=Jack|title=A Final Grain of Truth: My Autobiography|date=24 October 2013|publisher=Black & White Publishing|isbn=9781845027599|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NiIjAwAAQBAJ&dq=Alexander+Mackendrick+hillhead+high+school&pg=PT203|language=en}}</ref> | ||
| * ], author<ref>{{cite book|last1=Terry|first1=Stephen|title=Glasgow Almanac: An A-Z of the City and its People|publisher=Neil Wilson Publishing|isbn=9781906476250|url=https://books.google. |
* ], author<ref>{{cite book|last1=Terry|first1=Stephen|title=Glasgow Almanac: An A-Z of the City and its People|date=30 April 2011|publisher=Neil Wilson Publishing|isbn=9781906476250|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qnnuJAwAvfwC&dq=Alistair+MacLean+hillhead+high+school&pg=PT76|language=en}}</ref> | ||
| * ], film director | * ], film director | ||
| * ], Labour MP from |
* ], Labour MP from 1924 to 1929 for ] | ||
| * ], opera singer | * ], opera singer | ||
| * ], translator of S.American poetry (Argentine gaucho epic ''Martin Fierro'', etc.)<ref>{{cite web|title=Walter Owen, 1884-1953|url=https://books.google. |
* ], translator of S.American poetry (Argentine gaucho epic ''Martin Fierro'', etc.)<ref>{{cite web|title=Walter Owen, 1884-1953|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vz9rjwEACAAJ|publisher=B.H. Blackwell|access-date=14 January 2017|language=en|date=1 January 1954}}</ref> | ||
| * Sir ] CMG, ] from |
* Sir ] CMG, ] from 1973 to 1977, High Commissioner to Tanzania from 1968 to 1972, and ] from 1966 to 1968<ref>{{cite web|title=Sir Horace Phillips Glasgow-born diplomat|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12512183.Sir_Horace_Phillips_Glasgow_born_diplomat/|website=heraldscotland.com|access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> | ||
| * Sir ] CMG OBE, ] (the last before its independence) from |
* Sir ] CMG OBE, ] (the last before its independence) from 1962 to 1968 | ||
| *], archaeologist and numismatist | *], archaeologist and numismatist | ||
| * Ian Rodger, |
* ], co-founder of Scottish Opera <ref>{{cite web|title=Ian Rodger|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/ian-rodger-1.839496|website=heraldscotland.com|access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> | ||
| * Prof ], | * Prof ], | ||
| * ], poet | * ], poet | ||
| * Iain Shepherd MBE,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2348412|title=Order of the British Empire|website=thegazette.co.uk|accessdate=14 January 2017}}</ref> Navigator HMS Brilliant (Falklands War 1982) Appointed EU Ambassador of the Sea 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hydro-international.com/content/article/europe-can-take-maritime-lead?output=pdf|title=Ian Shepherd is the EU Ambassador of the Sea|website=hydro-international.com|accessdate=14 January 2017}}</ref>{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for this claim. Given source is an interview with the subject and the title isn't readily available online for the subject or anyone else.|date=June 2019}} Chair National Oceanography Centre (NOC) Advisory Council {{Citation needed|reason=This doesn't appear on their website, rather the subject is listed as an ordinary member: https://noc.ac.uk/news/noc-advisory-council-meets-first-time|date=June 2019}}, Declared Bankrupt in 1997, and awaiting discharge in February 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3195364|title=Notice of Intended Dividends In the County Court at Brighton No 439 of 1996 Iain Shepherd In Bankruptcy|website=The Gazette Official Public Record|accessdate=13 June 2019}}</ref> Convicted at HM Courts & Tribunals Service, Portsmouth Crown Court, on 11 April 2019 of Fraud by Abuse of Position, and sentenced to 42 months imprisonment on 9 July 2019. He pleaded Guilty and said "What I did was firmly dreadful" Case Ref T20180226.<ref>https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/former-navy-officer-iain-shepherd-stole-his-stepson-s-inheritance-jrh89vfv5</ref><ref>https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/former-navy-officer-iain-shepherd-stole-his-stepson-s-inheritance-jrh89vfv5</ref><ref>https://theworldnews.net/uk-news/ex-royal-navy-officer-and-eu-ambassador-of-the-sea-56-is-jailed-for-four-years</ref><ref>https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/crime/victims-of-greedy-fraudster-who-stole-stepson-s-58k-inheritance-call-for-him-to-be-stripped-of-mbe-1-8994152</ref><ref>https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/defence/devious-royal-navy-officer-and-sociopath-is-jailed-for-stealing-stepson-s-58k-inheritance-1-8994120</ref><ref>https://www.chichester.co.uk/news/crime/man-who-stole-stepson-s-inheritance-jailed-1-8994147</ref><ref>https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/defence/devious-royal-navy-officer-and-sociopath-is-jailed-for-stealing-stepson-s-58k-inheritance-1-8994120</ref><ref>https://www.metro.news/navy-veteran-swindled-60k-from-stepson-10/1633042/</ref> | |||
| * ], film director | * ], film director | ||
| * ], novelist who wrote '']'' | * ], novelist who wrote '']'' | ||
| * ], former Independent MSP from |
* ], former Independent MSP from 2003 to 2007 for ] | ||
| * ], comedian. (]) | * ], comedian. (]) | ||
| * James Alfred Wight OBE, writer and veterinary surgeon from |
* ] OBE, writer and veterinary surgeon from 1939 to 1990 (]: ]) | ||
| * Sir ], first Vice-Chancellor from |
* Sir ], first Vice-Chancellor from 1957 to 1961 of the ], then ] from 1961 to 1976 | ||
| * ], Conservative MSP from |
* ], Conservative MSP from 1999 to 2003 for ]. | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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| Hillhead High School | |
|---|---|
 The main building of Hillhead High School | |
| Address | |
| Oakfield Avenue Glasgow, G12 8LJ Scotland | |
| Coordinates | 55°52′28″N 4°17′07″W / 55.87455°N 4.28538°W / 55.87455; -4.28538 |
| Information | |
| Motto | Nous maintiendrons (French for "We shall maintain") |
| Established | 1885 (as Hillhead Primary School) |
| Head teacher | Karen McAlaney |
| Staff | ~90 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 12 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1080 (September 2018) |
| Colour(s) | black, white, red, blue |
| Athletics |
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| School Years | S1-S6 |
| Website | https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/gc/hillheadhigh/ |
Hillhead High School is a day school in Glasgow, Scotland, on Oakfield Avenue, neighbouring the University of Glasgow.
Admissions
It is one of the largest schools in Glasgow.
History
Grammar school
Until 1972 it was a co-educational selective school. It then became a comprehensive school.
Comprehensive
In 1972 the local authority in Glasgow abolished the selectivity process and the school gradually became a comprehensive school serving its geographical catchment area of Glasgow's West End, and serving many pupils from wider afield who had attended the primary school.
Former teachers
- Colin Campbell, SNP MSP from 1999 to 2003 for West of Scotland (taught from 1961 to 1963)
School facilities
The school has two buildings, the Main Building and the Terrace Building. It also uses the nearby Wellington Church for mass assemblies at October, Christmas, Easter and Summer.
The X-shaped listed Main Building, acquired in the 1930s, is the larger of the two buildings, and is where most pupils begin their studies. Most of the school's classrooms and offices are situated on its four floors. Also in the Main Building is the library, where a career and exam advisor makes biweekly appearances. The main building was designed by E G Wylie in 1921, and construction finished in 1929. It is now protected as a category B listed building.
Originally owned by the University of Glasgow, the Terrace Building was acquired by Hillhead in c.2001. This building is used primarily for applied studies.
Notable former pupils
 | This article's list of alumni may not follow Misplaced Pages's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (March 2015) |
- Don Arrol, Glaswegian comedian and presenter of Sunday Night at the London Palladium in the early sixties
- Stanley Baxter, Glaswegian actor
- Menzies Campbell, former leader of the Liberal Democrats
- Kari Corbett, actress
- Prof Gordon Younger Craig, FRSE, geologist, James Hutton Professor of Geology 1967–84 University of Edinburgh, founder trustee of Our Dynamic Earth
- Prof Jack D. Dunitz, Professor of Chemical Crystallography from 1957 to 1990 at ETH Zurich, and known for the Bürgi–Dunitz angle
- Ian Dunn (d. 1998), gay and paedophile rights activist, founder of the Scottish Minorities Group
- Sir Alastair Dunnett, journalist and newspaper editor, Editor from 1956 to 1972 of The Scotsman, and from 1946 to 1955 of the Daily Record
- Islam Feruz, first footballer to play for Scotland under the school qualification rule
- Alexander Fleck, 1st Baron Fleck, chairman from 1953 to 1960 of ICI
- Laura Fraser, actress
- Janice Hally, playwright and scriptwriter
- Gilbert Highet, Anthon Professor of the Latin Language and Literature from 1950 to 1972 at Columbia University, New York
- Prof E. A. J. Honigmann, Joseph Cowen Professor of English Literature from 1970 to 1989 at Newcastle University
- Gordon Jackson OBE, actor, noted for The Great Escape and The Professionals
- Prof Janusz Jankowski, doctor and academic
- Vera Kenmure, (1904-1973) Scottish minister
- George Leslie, politician
- Ian MacGregor, metallurgist and industrialist, antagonist in the UK miners' strike (1984-1985), chairman from 1983 to 1986 of the National Coal Board, and Chief Executive from 1980 to 1983 of the British Steel Corporation
- Harry McGowan, 1st Baron McGowan, chairman from 1930 to 1950 of ICI
- Alexander Mackendrick, film director
- Alistair MacLean, author
- Saul Metzstein, film director
- Edward Rosslyn Mitchell, Labour MP from 1924 to 1929 for Paisley
- Shuna Scott Sendall, opera singer
- Walter Owen, translator of S.American poetry (Argentine gaucho epic Martin Fierro, etc.)
- Sir Horace Phillips CMG, Ambassador to Turkey from 1973 to 1977, High Commissioner to Tanzania from 1968 to 1972, and Ambassador to Indonesia from 1966 to 1968
- Sir John Rennie CMG OBE, Governor of Mauritius (the last before its independence) from 1962 to 1968
- Anne Strachan Robertson, archaeologist and numismatist
- Ian Rodger, co-founder of Scottish Opera
- Prof Archie Roy,
- Robert Service, poet
- May Miles Thomas, film director
- Alexander Trocchi, novelist who wrote Young Adam
- Jean Turner, former Independent MSP from 2003 to 2007 for Strathkelvin and Bearsden
- Jonathan Watson, comedian. (Only an Excuse?)
- James Alfred Wight OBE, writer and veterinary surgeon from 1939 to 1990 (pen name: James Herriot)
- Sir Charles Wilson, first Vice-Chancellor from 1957 to 1961 of the University of Leicester, then Principal of the University of Glasgow from 1961 to 1976
- John Young, Conservative MSP from 1999 to 2003 for West of Scotland.
References
- "Welcome to Hillhead High School". Hillhead High School. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- Historic Environment Scotland. "44 Oakfield Avenue and 37 Southpark Avenue, Hillhead High School and Entrance Lodge (Category B Listed Building) (LB32909)". Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- Gordon Younger Craig
- "Obituary: Ian Dunn". The Independent. 21 March 1998.
- "Breaking Bad: Scots actress Laura Fraser's fears over revealing how series finishes". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- Newcomb, Horace (3 February 2014). Encyclopedia of Television. Routledge. p. 1202. ISBN 9781135194796.
- Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004), "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. ref:odnb/48855, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48855, retrieved 1 December 2022
- Webster, Jack (24 October 2013). A Final Grain of Truth: My Autobiography. Black & White Publishing. ISBN 9781845027599.
- Terry, Stephen (30 April 2011). Glasgow Almanac: An A-Z of the City and its People. Neil Wilson Publishing. ISBN 9781906476250.
- "Walter Owen, 1884-1953". B.H. Blackwell. 1 January 1954. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- "Sir Horace Phillips Glasgow-born diplomat". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- "Ian Rodger". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
External links
Media related to Hillhead High School at Wikimedia Commons- Hillhead High's official website
- Hillhead High School's page on Parentzone
- League tables for the school — Taken from BBC Education
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