Castlehead High School

Castlehead High School
Address
Camphill, Canal Street
Castlehead
Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1 2HL
Scotland
Information
School type non-denominational secondary school
Established 1972
Status Open
LEA Renfrewshire
Headteacher Martin Macdonald
Education League Tables (2001) average 78 Standard
(Scot. Avg 77)
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22% Higher
(Scot. Avg 22)
School roll 1068
Communities served central Paisley
Elderslie
Ferguslie Park
Hunterhill
Feeder schools Glencoats Primary
Wallace Primary
West Primary
Telephone 0141 887 4261
Schools Absorbed Merksworth High
John Neilson High

Castlehead High School is a state secondary school in the district of Castlehead; a town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, in the west of Scotland. In 1989, John Neilson High School (founded as the John Neilson Institution in 1852) merged into Castlehead High School.

Sports

Castlehead is one of six Scottish Football Association Schools of Football. Under this program, twenty first-year students receive daily coaching, development and recovery sessions and other academic and social development activities. The Schools of Football program is funded through the Scottish Football Association's partnership with Cashback For Communities, a Scottish Government scheme which gives communities illicit monies seized from criminals.

On 8 September 2008, Castlehead hosted the draw for the first round of the 2008–09 Scottish Cup.[1]

Awards

  • One area of the schools performance identified as needing improvement on the 2005 evaluation was attendance. In recognition of the effort the school faculty, students and parents made, in 2006 the school won the Scottish Education Award: "Better Behaviour and Attendance Award".[2]
  • Philip Lawrence Award, in recognition of the school's paired reading program where senior pupils help junior pupils develop their reading skills.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "ScottishFA.com". Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  2. ↑ "Scottish Education Awards". Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2008.

Coordinates: 55°50′22″N 4°25′59″W / 55.83931°N 4.43316°W / 55.83931; -4.43316

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