Falkirk High School

{{short description|High school in Falkirk, Scotland}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox school | name = Falkirk High School | image = Falkirk High School (geograph 5861344).jpg | motto = Invicem Servite (Serve one another) | type = Secondary | established = | locale = | grades = | head_label = | head = Stuart Kelly <ref>{{cite web |title=Falkirk High School Falkirk - Home Page |url=http://www.falkirk.falkirk.sch.uk/ |website=www.falkirk.falkirk.sch.uk |access-date=25 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> | head_name2 = | head2 = | city = Falkirk | state = Stirlingshire | country = Scotland | enrollment = 1,200 | faculty = | teaching_staff = 102 | athletics = gymnasium, swimming pool, dance/fitness suite and rugby/football pitch | colors = {{Color box|maroon|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} maroon/white | colours = | mascot = | free_label = | free_text = | website = http://www.falkirk.falkirk.sch.uk/ }}

'''Falkirk High School''' is a high school located in Falkirk, Stirlingshire that was founded in 1886.

It is a non-denominational six-year fully comprehensive school, situated approximately one mile from the centre of the town. It serves a widespread catchment area and has eight associated primary schools: Bainsford, Bantaskin, Carmuirs, Comely Park, Easter Carmuirs, Langlees, Limerigg and Slamannan Primary Schools.

There are four houses – Campbell (Red), Mackay (Blue), Cameron (Green) and Robertson (Yellow), which are named after the first four rectors of the school.

==Roll== thumb|left|The school's former buildings during demolition in 2009. The school moved to these utilitarian 1960s buildings from its Victorian buildings in Rennie Street in 1963. *2004/2005 1153<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/Images/FalkirkHighSchoolIns20050506_tcm4-693773.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007110057/http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/Images/FalkirkHighSchoolIns20050506_tcm4-693773.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *2010/2011 1058<ref>{{cite web |author=Scotland |url=http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/falkirkhighschoolfalkirk.asp |title=Falkirk High School – Falkirk – Scottish Schools Online 2011/12 |publisher=Educationscotland.gov.uk |date= |access-date=2012-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005023132/http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/falkirkhighschoolfalkirk.asp |archive-date=2012-10-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Notable former teachers== * James Martin, Scottish Public Services Ombudsman since 2009 (taught from 1975 to 1979) * Alexander Durie Russell FRSE (d.1955) maths teacher at Falkirk<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1017/S0950184300000355 | title=Alexander D. Russell | journal=Edinburgh Mathematical Notes | year=1956 | volume=40 | page=32 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

==Notable alumni== {{category see also|People educated at Falkirk High School}} * Craigie Aitchison, Lord Aitchison, Labour MP from 1929 to 1933 for Kilmarnock * novelist Alan 'Alvin' Bissett * Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, Painter and Limner * Rev Dr John Urquhart Cameron, athlete, theologian, journalist * Prof George Stuart Gordon, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1938 to 1941, President from 1928 to 1942 of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Professor of English at the University of Leeds{{citation needed|reason=linked article does not have sourced content confirming attendance|date=September 2018}} * Ian Harley, chief executive officer, Abbey National Bank from 1998 to 2002 * David Marshall, Labour MP from 2005 to 2008 for Glasgow East, and from 1979 to 2005 for Glasgow Shettleston * Prof Gordon Marshall CBE, Vice-Chancellor from 2003 to 2011 of the University of Reading, and chairman since 2007 of the Higher Education Statistics Agency * Donald Shaw Ramsay, was a Scottish bagpiper. Qualified as a pipe major in the British Army, he led the Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band to victory at the World Championships twice and was also leader of the all-star Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band during its four years of existence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rspba.org/html/history_individuals.php#donaldshawramsay |title=RSPBA - The Heart of the Pipe Band World |website=www.rspba.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123060241/http://www.rspba.org/html/history_individuals.php |archive-date=2016-01-23}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100609060155/http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/falkirkhighschoolfalkirk.asp Falkirk High School's page on Scottish Schools Online] *https://www.falkirk.falkirk.sch.uk/

Category:Secondary schools in Falkirk (council area) Category:Buildings and structures in Falkirk Category:1886 establishments in Scotland Category:Educational institutions established in 1886