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| {{Infobox UK school | |||
| | name = Hillhead High School | |||
| | image = Hillhead High School.JPG | |||
| | size = 240px | |||
| | caption = The main building of Hillhead High School | |||
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| | latitude = 55.87455 | |||
| | longitude = -4.28538 | |||
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| | motto = ''Nous maintiendrons'' (French for "We will maintain") | |||
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| | 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|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> | |||
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| | head_label = D-Head | |||
| | head = S. MacGregor | |||
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| | deputy_head_label = Depute Headteacher | |||
| | deputy_head = T Gough, K McAlaney, J Meechan & H Campbell | |||
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| | street = Oakfield Avenue | |||
| | city = ] | |||
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| | country = Scotland | |||
| | postcode = G12 8LJ | |||
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| | staff = about 90 | |||
| | enrollment = about 1000 | |||
| | gender = Mixed | |||
| | lower_age = 12 | |||
| | upper_age = 18 | |||
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| | colours = Navy, black, white, pink, red and gold | |||
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| | free_label_1 = Athletics | |||
| | free_1 = <div style="padding:0"> | |||
| *Hillhead Badminton Club | |||
| *Hillhead Football Club | |||
| *Hillhead Hockey Club | |||
| *Hillhead Basketball Club</div> | |||
| *Hillhead Cricket Club | |||
| | free_label_2 = School Years | |||
| | free_2 = S1-S6 | |||
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| | website = http://www.hillheadhigh.glasgow.sch.uk/ | |||
| | website_name = Hillhead High School | |||
| }} | |||
| '''Hillhead High School''' is a ] in ], Scotland, on Oakfield Avenue, neighbouring the ]. It produces some of the most decrepid human beings of all time, and if you are a student there yourself you should jump into the clyde. | |||
| ==Admissions== | |||
| It is one of the largest (and most underperforming) schools in ]. | |||
| ==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=== | |||
| * ], SNP MSP from 1999–2003 for ] (taught from 1961–63) | |||
| ==School facilities== | |||
| The school has two bottles of mountain dew code red, one with some semen on the cap and the other being full of 5-month-old urine. 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 twin towers, 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>{{cite web |url=http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/hslive/hsstart?P_HBNUM=32909 |title=Hillhead High School and Entrance Lodge: Listed Building Report |accessdate=25 November 2011 |publisher=Historic Scotland}}</ref> | |||
| 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== | |||
| {{Alumni|date=March 2015}} | |||
| {{Category see also|People educated at Hillhead High School}} | |||
| * Don Arrol (d. 1967), Glaswegian comedian and presenter of ] in the early sixties | |||
| * ], Glaswegian actor | |||
| * ], former leader of the ] | |||
| * ], actress | |||
| * Prof , FRSE, geologist, James Hutton Professor of Geology 1967–84 ], founder trustee of ] | |||
| * Josephine Crombie, actress | |||
| * Prof ], Professor of Chemical Crystallography from 1957–90 at ], and known for the ] | |||
| * Sir ], journalist and newspaper editor, Editor from 1956–72 of '']'', and from 1946–55 of the '']'' | |||
| * ], first footballer to play for ] under the school qualification rule | |||
| * ], Chairman from 1953–60 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|accessdate=14 January 2017}}</ref> | |||
| * ], playwright and scriptwriter | |||
| * ], ] Professor of the Latin Language and Literature from 1950–72 at ], New York | |||
| * Prof ], Joseph Cowen Professor of English Literature from 1970–89 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.co.uk/books?id=JUzIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1202&lpg=PA1202&dq=gordon+jackson+hillhead+high+school&source=bl&ots=jpcpSbMBHv&sig=_z4rKZnAUTcg0AS5CXbSQbSgSIY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA9v6anMLRAhWOHsAKHSMRCacQ6AEIRjAI#v=onepage&q=gordon%20jackson%20hillhead%20high%20school&f=false|language=en}}</ref> | |||
| * Prof ], doctor and academic | |||
| * ], politician | |||
| * ], ] and ], antagonist in the ], Chairman from 1983–86 of the ], and Chief Executive from 1980–83 of the ] | |||
| * ], Chairman from 1930–50 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.co.uk/books?id=NiIjAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT203&lpg=PT203&dq=Alexander+Mackendrick+hillhead+high+school&source=bl&ots=IQUvtLDgGP&sig=lZzCAbujEl_2eGgWuWazTku9g2w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsusv9ncLRAhVJOMAKHQkWBNYQ6AEIMzAE#v=onepage&q=Alexander%20Mackendrick%20hillhead%20high%20school&f=false|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.co.uk/books?id=qnnuJAwAvfwC&pg=PT76&lpg=PT76&dq=Alistair+MacLean+hillhead+high+school&source=bl&ots=vuCsAdbfbG&sig=paWeVgfENRKoVnrbxFXxxXns7Io&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjqjY_ansLRAhUrAsAKHYzDCn4Q6AEINTAE#v=onepage&q=Alistair%20MacLean%20hillhead%20high%20school&f=false|language=en}}</ref> | |||
| * ], film director | |||
| * ], Labour MP from 1924–29 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.co.uk/books/about/Walter_Owen_1884_1953_Scottish_Poet_and.html?id=Vz9rjwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y|publisher=B.H. Blackwell|accessdate=14 January 2017|language=en|date=1 January 1954}}</ref> | |||
| * Sir ] CMG, ] from 1973–77, High Commissioner to Tanzania from 1968–72, and ] from 1966–68<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|accessdate=14 January 2017}}</ref> | |||
| * Sir ] CMG OBE, ] (the last before its independence) from 1962–68 | |||
| * 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|accessdate=14 January 2017}}</ref> | |||
| * Prof ], | |||
| * ], 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> Chair National Oceanography Centre (NOC) Advisory Council | |||
| * ], film director | |||
| * ], novelist who wrote '']'' | |||
| * ], former Independent MSP from 2003–07 for ] | |||
| * ], comedian. (]) | |||
| * James Alfred Wight OBE, writer and veterinary surgeon from 1939–90 (]: ]) | |||
| * Sir ], first Vice-Chancellor from 1957–61 of the ], then ] from 1961–76 | |||
| * ], Conservative MSP from 1999–2003 for ]. | |||
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