Stirling High School
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| Stirling High School | |
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Torbrex Farm Road Torbrex , Stirling Scotland | |
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| Type | State |
| Motto | "Tempori Parendum" - Be Prepared for Your Time[1] |
| Established | 1129 |
| Head Teacher | Ally Macleod |
| Enrolment | 1067[2] |
| Website | http://www.stirlinghigh.co.uk/ |
Stirling High School is a state high school for 11- to 18-year-olds run by Stirling Council in
The headteacher of the school is Ally Macleod.[3] The school operates a house system. The five houses are Douglas, Eccles, Randolph, Snowdon and Stewart.[4]
Originally established for the training of ecclesiastics, it began as the seminary of the Church of the Holy Rude, founded in the reign of David I in 1129. Both the church and school, along with those of Perth, were brought under the charge of the monks of the Church of the Holy Trinity of Dunfermline in 1173.[5]
New school buildings
The school now operates from a new building on the former site of Williamfield Cricket Pitches, ex-home to Stirling County Cricket Club. Stirling High School had an official opening ceremony on 26 June 2008, which consisted of a ribbon cutting by former pupil Kirsty Young.
Private Finance Initiative
The new school was financed by the
Location
The new school sits adjacent to St Ninian's Primary School. It was built on a greenfield site of the old cricket club, and the current playing fields are to be sold off to housing.
Coat of arms and motto
The coat of arms shows
The Latin motto Tempori Parendum translates to 'Be prepared for your time'.
The Old School
The High School of Stirling has been housed in several buildings over the course of its long history.
In 1856 the high school was housed in a specially created building on Spittal Street. This building housed the classrooms for Mathematics, English, Modern Languages, Art, Classics; as well as a Gymnasium, and an Observatory on the roof.
This school stayed open until 1962, long after the
The building the old school was housed in is now the Stirling Highland Hotel.
The school's home from 1962 to 2008 was near the village of Torbrex.
Through the various relocations great care has been taken to ensure the history of the School has been retained. This has resulted in a dedicated 'Heritage Room' being included in both the 1960s and 2008 buildings. This room is managed by the Former Pupil Association and houses the school Remembrance Book, various whole school photographs and oak panelling from the Rector's office of the Spittal Street Building. Also moved was the War Memorial Window, stained glass windows from the 1850s building and the House Captain Board listing the recipients of the School Dux Award and the names of the Head Boys and Girls. All of these items are displayed in the main foyer of the school.
Notable former pupils
- Kieron Achara - Basketball player
- Henry Campbell-Bannerman - Prime Minister
- William A.F. Browne(1805–1885) - first president of the Medico-Psychological Association
- Sir David Bruce KCB (1855–1931) - bacteriologist
- Patrick Forbes - 17th-century Bishop of Aberdeen
- Member of Parliament
- John Grierson (1898–1972) - filmmaker
- Robert Henry - historian
- Ally Hogg - Scottish international rugby player
- James MacLaren - architect
- Norman McLaren (1914–1987) - animator and film director
- Muir Mathieson (1911–1975) - conductor
- Sir John Murray - oceanographer
- Craig Oliver- former BBC media executive and Downing Street Director of Communications
- Steven Paterson - SNP MP for Stirling
- Sir Craig Reedie - chairman of the British Olympic Association
- Helen Renton - Director of the Women's Royal Air Force
- Sir Josiah Symon KCMG - Attorney-General of Australia
- Gregor Tait - Scottish international swimmer and reigning Commonwealth Games 200-m backstroke and 200-m individual medley champion
- Prof John Mitchell Watt - pharmacologist
- Kirsty Young - television journalist
References
- ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1915). The book of public arms : a complete encyclopædia of all royal, territorial, municipal, corporate, official, and impersonal arms. London; Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 750. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Stirling High School website, Accessed 02 July 2023
- ^ "Stirling High School - House system". www.stirlinghigh.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ John Murray, A History of the Royal High School (Edinburgh: Royal High School, 1997), p. 2.
- ^ Stirling Council website, Accessed 26 October 2011
Bibliography
History of the High School of Stirling by A. F. Hutchison, Rector of the school 1866 - 1896. The Sentinel Press (Eneas Mackay), Stirling, 1904.
External links
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