Monifieth High School Explained

Monifieth High School
Motto:French: Fais ce que dois
Motto Translation:Do what you must
Established:1976
Type:State-funded Secondary School
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Headteacher:Andy Dingwall[1]
Street:Panmurefield Road
City:Monifieth
County:Dundee
Postcode:DD5 4QT
Country:Scotland
Teaching Staff:100 (approx)
Roll:1057
Houses:Balmossie, Dalhousie, Panmure
Feeder Schools:Grange Primary School, Seaview Primary School, Mattocks Primary School, Murroes Primary School, Birkhill Primary School, Liff Primary School
Publication:Monifieth High School Bulletin
Website:http://www.monifiethhighschool.com
Coordinates:56.4788°N -2.84°W

Monifieth High School, a comprehensive state high school in Monifieth, Angus, Scotland, was founded in 1976. It was opened by Lord Thomson of Monifieth.[2] The school enrolls approximately 1100 pupils from a catchment area including Monifieth, parts of Barnhill, Birkhill and other rural areas of Angus including the Hillbanks area, Liff and Auchterhouse.

School performance

Monifieth High School has very good exam results in all areas of the school,[3] achieving more than double the average for the number of pupils attaining five or more awards at Higher in 2010.

As of 2021, the school was last inspected by Education Scotland in 2015, when inspectors found that "Young people learn and achieve well at Monifieth High School ... [although] the pace of learning could be brisker, activities more challenging and young people could be given more responsibility for their learning".[4]

Facilities

In 2004, the school renovated many of its facilities, including the reception area, and constructed new changing rooms, increased singing rooms in the music department, and installed many interactive whiteboards in classrooms.[5]

In 2010 pupils vandalised school buildings.[6]

As of 2020, the school is over-subscribed and the school buildings are reported to be "struggling to cope".[7]

Monifieth Learning Campus

In 2020 Angus Council successfully got funding to build a new high school in the grounds of the existing building. Construction started in June 2023 and is due to be complete in August 2025, and the old building to be demolished and the project to be fully complete in August 2026. [8]

Community support

In 2020, the school was one of eight local schools making and supplying masks to health workers.[9]

Previous rectors and headteachers

As of 2022, the headteacher is Andy Dingwall. The previous headteacher was M-C McInally (from 2013).[10] [11] Before that, the school's rectors were Hector Low (to 1994), Jim Collins (1994 to 2000) and Richard Coton (2000 to 2013).[10]

Notable staff

Rhona Goss won the "Teachers of Physics" award in 2005 from the Institute of Physics.[12]

Notable former pupils

References

  1. Web site: Monifieth High School . Angus Council . 19 September 2022.
  2. Web site: Local Government Etc (Scotland) Bill . Hansard . UK Parliament . 9 June 2020 . 10 October 1994.
  3. Web site: School League Tables: Dundee City achieves best results in six years | Dundee & Tayside | News | STV . News . 2010-12-15 . 2012-08-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329033559/http://news.stv.tv/scotland/tayside/215938-school-league-tables-dundee-city-achieves-best-results-in-six-years/ . 29 March 2012 .
  4. Web site: Byrne . Mary . Monifieth High School . Education Scotland . 9 June 2020 . 2015.
  5. Web site: Using ICT in Science -- Evaluation of a Secondary School Development Project . Future Learning and Teaching Programme . December 2004 . 28 November 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100624014052/http://www.flatprojects.org.uk/Images/monifieth_final_eval_report_tcm4-261809.pdf . 24 June 2010 .
  6. News: Moncur . James . Scots pupils vandalise school after planning attack via social networking sites . 9 June 2020 . Daily Record . 27 May 2010.
  7. News: Brown . Graham . Over-capacity Monifieth High to cap S1 intake for new school year . 9 June 2020 . The Courier . 24 April 2020.
  8. https://www.angus.gov.uk/schools_and_young_people/school_buildings/angus_schools_for_the_future/monifieth_learning_campus_0
  9. News: Simpson . James . Hundreds of protective masks made for NHS staff at Angus secondary schools . 9 June 2020 . Evening Telegraph . 8 April 2020.
  10. Web site: History of Monifieth High School . Monifieth High School . 19 September 2022.
  11. News: Meiklem . Peter John . Angry Monifieth High parents call for better security after police remove excluded pupil . 19 September 2022 . The Courier . 16 November 2019.
  12. "The Teachers of Physics Awards", Institute of Physics. Retrieved 28 November 2006.

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