Our Lady's High School, Cumbernauld Explained

Our Lady's High School, Cumbernauld should not be confused with Our Lady's High School, Motherwell.

Our Lady's High School
Streetaddress:Dowanfield Road, Ravenswood
Country:Scotland
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 PrimarySchool
Website:http://www.ourladys.n-lanark.sch.uk/
Head Name:Second Master
Head Name2:Assistant Headmaster

Our Lady's High School is a six-year Roman Catholic co-educational comprehensive school which opened in Ravenswood in 1968.[1] It caters for pupils living in Cumbernauld, Muirhead, Cardowan and Stepps and in addition to pupils from Condorrat, Dullatur, Moodiesburn and Castlecary.[2] 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:

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.[3]

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

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our Lady's High School. The Gazetteer for Scotland. 23 October 2017.
  2. http://www.ourladys.n-lanark.sch.uk/handbook1415.pdf School Handbook 2014-15
  3. News: Celebrations in Cumbernauld as Our Lady’s High School turns 50 . 29 September 2018 . Cumbernauld News . 28 September 2018.