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<caption>'''Hillhead High School'''</caption>
{{more citations needed|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox school
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| name = Hillhead High School
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| image = Hillhead High School.JPG
]</td>
| image_size = 240px
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| caption = The main building of Hillhead High School

| coordinates = {{coord|55.87455|-4.28538|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}}
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| motto = ''Nous maintiendrons'' (French for "We shall maintain")
<td bgcolor="#efefef">Superintendent(s)/Principal Administrator(s) (In order of importance)</td>
| 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>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">
| closed =
*Mr. D. K. Cunningham - ], ], ] (]) and ]
| type =
*Mr. R. Dalrymple
| president =
*Mr. C. McTrusty
| head_label =
*Mr. T. Gough
| head = Karen McAlaney
*Mrs. R. Clarke
| r_head_label =
</td>
| r_head =
</tr>
| chair_label =

| chair =
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| founder =
<td bgcolor="#efefef">Deparment Heads</td>
| specialist =
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">
| address = Oakfield Avenue
*Mr. A. Thorburn (])
| city = ]
*Mr. Coyle (])
| county =
*Mr. J. Taylor (])
| country = Scotland
*Mr. Meechan (])
| postcode = G12 8LJ
*Mr. Roberts (])
| local_authority =
*Mr. J. Wilson (])
| dfeno =
*Mr. L. Flanagan (])
| urn =
*Mr F Gilchrist (])
| ofsted =
*Mr. C. L. Campbell (])
| staff = ~90
*Ms. J. Cafferty (])
| enrolment = 1080 (September 2018)
*Mr. S. Curran (])
| gender = Coeducational
*Mr. I. Matheson (])
| lower_age = 12
*Miss. E. Campbell (]-Catering and Fabric work)
| upper_age = 18
*Mrs. P. Maitland (])
| houses =
*Mr. B. Nixon (])</td>
| colours = black, white, red, blue <br> {{Color box|Black}} {{Color box|White}} {{Color box|Red}} {{Color box|Blue}}
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| publication =

| free_label_1 = Athletics
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| free_1 = <div style="padding:0">
<td bgcolor="#efefef">School type</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">State/Public</td>
</tr>

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<td bgcolor="#efefef">Religious affiliation</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">Non-denominational</td>
</tr>

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<td bgcolor="#efefef">Founded</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">
*19th century as: "]"
*1930's as "X-Shaped building"
*Including terrace building: ''c.'']</td>
</tr>

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<td bgcolor="#efefef">Location</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">Hillhead, Glasgow</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#efefef">Enrollment</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">about 1000</td>
</tr>

<tr><td bgcolor="#efefef">Faculty</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">about 90</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#efefef">Surroundings</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">Urban</td>
</tr>

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<td bgcolor="#efefef">Sports teams</td> <!--if called different than mascot-->
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">
*Hillhead Badminton Club *Hillhead Badminton Club
*Hillhead Football Club *Hillhead Football Club
*Hillhead Hockey Club *Hillhead Hockey Club
*Hillhead Basketball Club</td> *Hillhead Basketball Club</div>
*Hillhead Cricket Club
</tr>
| free_label_2 = School Years
| free_2 = S1-S6
| free_label_3 =
| free_3 =
| website = https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/gc/hillheadhigh/
}}


'''Hillhead High School''' is a ] in ], Scotland, on Oakfield Avenue, neighbouring the ].
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#efefef">School shows</td> <!--if called different than mascot-->
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">
From the late 1970s until the mid 1990s, Hillhead High enjoyed a reputation of producing the best school shows in Glasgow. The tradition for staging quality musicals began in 1977 when ''Italic text''Oklahoma!'''Italic text''was performed at Partick Burgh Halls as a result of a very successful collaboration between Classics teacher Alistair Fulton and Music Teacher Irene McLennan. This partnership, over the following years, provided a chance for many pupils to develop their talents both on-stage and backstage. The growing popularity of the shows led to the decision to perform them at the Mitchell Theatre, which helped to add to the professionalism of the productions. In 1985, to celebrate the school's centenary, a special version of ''Italic text''The Music Man''Italic text''was produced, which featured several former pupils as cast members. Culminating the partnership between Fulton and McLennan was the Scottish premiere of Li'l Abner in the summer of 1992, after which McLennan retired. In 1994 Fulton again produced ''Italic text''Oklahoma!''Italic text''as his farewell show before retiring. The following year ''Italic text''Calamity Jane''Italic text''was produced by a new production team consisting of two music teachers and two English teachers, and was very well received. However this proved to be the final show after a run of nearly twenty years. The decision by the music department to cancel the school shows was very unpopular amongst the school's pupils who had grown up watching their older siblings perform and had been waiting eagerly to follow on these footsteps once they were old enough. Unfortunately, various attempts by the staff to reintroduce a school show have failed to match the high standard set by Fulton and McLennan.</td>
</tr>


==Admissions==
It is one of the largest schools in ].


==History==
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#efefef">Mascot</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">None</td>
</tr>


===Grammar school===
<tr>
Until 1972 it was a co-educational selective school. It then became a comprehensive school.
<td bgcolor="#efefef">Motto</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">Nous maintiendrons (French for: ''We will maintain'')</td>
</tr>


===Comprehensive===
<tr>
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.
<td bgcolor="#efefef">School color(s)</td>
<td bgcolor="#dfefff">Navy, black, white, red and gold</td>
</tr>


===Former teachers===
</table>
* ], SNP MSP from 1999 to 2003 for ] (taught from 1961 to 1963)


==School facilities==
'''Hillhead High School''' is a ] located in the ] on Oakfield Avenue, neighbouring the ]. With approximately 1,000 pupils and 90 staff, making it one of the largest schools in ].
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 ], 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 ].<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB32909|desc=44 Oakfield Avenue and 37 Southpark Avenue, Hillhead High School and Entrance Lodge|cat=B|access-date=20 March 2019}}</ref>
==Around the school==
The school has two buildings:


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.
*The terrace building, and
*The main building.


==Notable former pupils==
===Terrace Building===
{{Alumni|date=March 2015}}
Originally owned by the ], this building has five floors on which the following departments have their classrooms and accompanying staff rooms: ], Technical and Graphic Communication studies, ], ], ], ], and ]. This building is used primarily for applied studies.
{{Category see also|People educated at Hillhead High School}}
* ], Glaswegian comedian and presenter of ] in the early sixties
* ], Glaswegian actor
* ], former leader of the ]
* ], actress
* 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 ]
* ] (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>
* Sir ], journalist and newspaper editor, Editor from 1956 to 1972 of '']'', and from 1946 to 1955 of the '']''
* ], 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|access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref>
* ], playwright and scriptwriter
* ], ] Professor of the Latin Language and Literature from 1950 to 1972 at ], New York
* 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|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
* ], (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
* ], ] 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|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|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
* ], Labour MP from 1924 to 1929 for ]
* ], 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.com/books?id=Vz9rjwEACAAJ|publisher=B.H. Blackwell|access-date=14 January 2017|language=en|date=1 January 1954}}</ref>
* 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 1962 to 1968
*], archaeologist and numismatist
* ], 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 ],
* ], poet
* ], film director
* ], novelist who wrote '']''
* ], former Independent MSP from 2003 to 2007 for ]
* ], comedian. (])
* ] OBE, writer and veterinary surgeon from 1939 to 1990 (]: ])
* Sir ], first Vice-Chancellor from 1957 to 1961 of the ], then ] from 1961 to 1976
* ], Conservative MSP from 1999 to 2003 for ].


===Main Building=== ==References==
{{reflist}}
This X-shaped building is the larger of the two buildings, and where most pupils will commence their studies. Most of the classrooms, staff, and departments are situated on its four floors.


==External links==
Classroom departments include:
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{{Schools in Glasgow}}
====Library====
Also in the Main Building is the ], where a career and exam advisor makes biweekly appearances. There are also about 30 computers with ] Windows&reg; ]&reg; software.


{{authority control}}
====Guidance room====
The Guidance Room (also known as 'Pastoral Care') provides a Guidance teacher (any member of staff who is qualified for the post) for pupils concerned with ]ing, having problems with classes, taking an ] course, and requiring similar types of assistance.

==Minority Time Activity (MTA)==
Hillhead High School is the only school in Glasgow which has implemented MTA: '''M'''inority '''T'''ime '''A'''ctivity. On Friday afternoons, teachers host activities ranging from ] to ]. Students who take part in extracurricular activities, such as the school show or ], can alternatively use this time for additional practice. Pupils choose their desired activity at the start of each major term, for example when returning from the summer holidays. When participating in MTA, pupils are dismissed at the earlier time of 2:40 p.m. rather than the usual 3:30 p.m.

==Uniform==
Although all pupils are asked to wear an item of uniform, they are provided with several options. There is the school polo shirt, which comes in white or blue, or the sweat shirt, which can be bought in blue or black. The school tie can also be worn with a white shirt. Junior pupils wear a burgundy tie and senior pupils from fourth year and above wear a dark blue tie. All items of uniform bear the school insignia.

==School shows==

From the late 1970s until the mid 1990s, Hillhead High enjoyed a reputation for producing the best school shows in Glasgow. The tradition for staging quality musicals began in 1977 when ''Oklahoma!'' was performed at Partick Burgh Halls as a result of a very successful collaboration between Classics teacher Alistair Fulton and Music Teacher Irene McLennan. This partnership, over the following years, provided a chance for many pupils to develop their talents both on-stage and backstage. The growing popularity of the shows led to the decision to perform them at the Mitchell Theatre, which helped to add to the professionalism of the productions. In 1985, to celebrate the school's centenary, a special version of ''The Music Man'' was produced, which featured several former pupils as cast members. Culminating the partnership between Fulton and McLennan was the Scottish premiere of Li'l Abner in the summer of 1992, after which McLennan retired. In 1994 Fulton again produced ''Oklahoma!'' as his farewell show before retiring. The following year ''Calamity Jane'' was produced by a new production team consisting of two music teachers and two English teachers, and was very well received. However this proved to be the final show after a run of nearly twenty years. The decision by the music department to cancel the school shows was very unpopular amongst the school's pupils who had grown up watching their older siblings perform and had been waiting eagerly to follow on these footsteps once they were old enough. Unfortunately, various attempts by staff to reintroduce a school show have failed to match the high standard set by Fulton and McLennan.

==Notable alumni==
*], contestant on ].
*], comedian. (''Parliamo Glasgow'')
*], ] and politician.
*James Alfred Wight, writer (]: ]).
*], comedian. (])

==External links==
*<br>
* — Taken from ] Education


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School in Glasgow, Scotland
Hillhead High School
The main building of Hillhead High School
Address
Oakfield Avenue
Glasgow, G12 8LJ
Scotland
Coordinates55°52′28″N 4°17′07″W / 55.87455°N 4.28538°W / 55.87455; -4.28538
Information
MottoNous maintiendrons (French for "We shall maintain")
Established1885 (as Hillhead Primary School)
Head teacherKaren McAlaney
Staff~90
GenderCoeducational
Age12 to 18
Enrolment1080 (September 2018)
Colour(s)black, white, red, blue
       
Athletics
  • Hillhead Badminton Club
  • Hillhead Football Club
  • Hillhead Hockey Club
  • Hillhead Basketball Club
  • Hillhead Cricket Club
    • School YearsS1-S6
    Websitehttps://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

    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)
    See also: Category:People educated at Hillhead High School

    References

    1. "Welcome to Hillhead High School". Hillhead High School. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
    2. 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.
    3. Gordon Younger Craig
    4. "Obituary: Ian Dunn". The Independent. 21 March 1998.
    5. "Breaking Bad: Scots actress Laura Fraser's fears over revealing how series finishes". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
    6. Newcomb, Horace (3 February 2014). Encyclopedia of Television. Routledge. p. 1202. ISBN 9781135194796.
    7. 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
    8. Webster, Jack (24 October 2013). A Final Grain of Truth: My Autobiography. Black & White Publishing. ISBN 9781845027599.
    9. Terry, Stephen (30 April 2011). Glasgow Almanac: An A-Z of the City and its People. Neil Wilson Publishing. ISBN 9781906476250.
    10. "Walter Owen, 1884-1953". B.H. Blackwell. 1 January 1954. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
    11. "Sir Horace Phillips Glasgow-born diplomat". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
    12. "Ian Rodger". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 14 January 2017.

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