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| Our Lady's High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
| Dowanfield Road, Ravenswood Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire Scotland | |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary |
| Established | 1968 |
| Headteacher | Nicola Cunningham |
| Grades | Scottish Qualifications Certificate National 5 Higher Advanced Higher |
| Nickname | OLHS |
| Affiliations | St Mary's Primary,St Joseph's Primary,St Lucy's Primary School |
| Website | http://www.ourladys.n-lanark.sch.uk/ |
Our Lady's High School is a six-year Roman Catholic co-educational comprehensive school which opened in Ravenswood in 1968. It caters for pupils living in Cumbernauld, Muirhead, Cardowan and Stepps and in addition to pupils from Condorrat, Dullatur, Moodiesburn and Castlecary. The school's emblem is a post-modern artistic recreation of the Virgin and child.
History
Prior to its opening in 1968 there was no Roman Catholic high school in Cumbernauld and pupils had to make a 10-mile bus journey to Kirkintilloch to attend St Ninian's.
The school has always maintained a strong link with the surrounding community, and through pupils, parents and teacher links they are associated with several primary schools from which the intake is drawn:
- St Margaret of Scotland Primary School, Cumbernauld
- St Lucy's Primary School, Abronhill
- St Mary's Primary School, Ravenswood
- St Joseph's Primary School, Stepps
- St Barbara's Primary School, Muirhead
- St Andrew's Primary School, Cumbernauld
The former Sacred Heart Primary in Kildrum was also a feeder primary until its closure in 2000. Like Sacred Heart, Our Lady's was architecturally designed by Gillespie, Kidd & Coia.
Houses
The pupils are split into five Houses: St Pope John Paul II, St Mother Teresa, St Sebastian, St Francis, and St Patrick.
Notable former pupils
See also: Category:People educated at Our Lady's High, Cumbernauld- Mark McGhee (b. 1957) – football manager
- Peter Mackie (b. 1958) – football player, Celtic F.C. and St Mirren F.C.
- Pauline McNeill (b. 1962) – Member of the Scottish Parliament
- David Cromwell (b. 1962) – oceanographer and co-editor of the Media Lens website
- Neil Primrose (b. 1972) – drummer from Travis
- Lynn McCafferty (b. 1979) - handball player
References
- "Our Lady's High School". The Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- School Handbook 2014-15; URL last accessed 2014-08-26.
- "Celebrations in Cumbernauld as Our Lady's High School turns 50". Cumbernauld News. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
External links
- School's website
- North Lanarkshire Council website
- Our Lady's High School's page on Scottish Schools Online
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