{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox school | name = Wick High School | native_name = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | logo = | motto = Learning - Ambition - Respect | established = 1910 | closed = | type = State high school | status = | category_label = | category = | gender_label = | gender = | affiliation = | affiliations = | administrator = | assst_admin = | president = | chairman_label = | chairman = | rector = S Sandecki | principal = | asst principal = | campus_director = | headmaster = | head_label = | head = | head_name2 = | head2 = | dean = | founder = Highland Council | chaplain = | officer_in_charge = | faculty_Heads = | teaching_staff = | enrollment = 667 | grades_label = | grades = | address = Newton Road | city = Wick | state = | province = | country = Scotland | coordinates = {{coord|58.4380|-3.0982|type:edu_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | latitude = | longitude = | district = The Highland Council | oversight = | accreditation = | campus = | colors = {{Color box|black|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}}<br> Black, gold, and blue | colours = | athletics = | houses = | student_union = | nickname = | mascot = Raven | free_label = Emblem | free_text = | rival = | yearbook = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | test_name = | test_average = | national_ranking = | website = {{URL|www.wick.highland.sch.uk}} | footnotes = | picture = | picture_caption = | picture2 = | picture_caption2 = }} '''Wick High School''' is a secondary school in Wick, Scotland, under the control of The Highland Council.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.highland.gov.uk/learninghere/schools/schoollist/wickhighschool/ |title=Wick High School |access-date=8 May 2009 |archive-date=27 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927092446/http://www.highland.gov.uk/learninghere/schools/schoollist/wickhighschool/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In September 2008 it had an enrolment of 838.<ref name="hmie.gov.uk">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/inspection/5102138WickHS.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 May 2009 |archive-date=4 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604214841/http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/inspection/5102138WickHS.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Being one of only two secondary schools in Caithness, it takes in pupils from a large number of primary schools.
== History == Wick High School was built in 1910. It was originally only one building looking out onto West Banks Avenue. This building used to be in use but it shut on Tuesday 4 April 2017, and four extensions were added during the 1960s to cope with the increase in enrolment.
== Intake == Wick High School takes in pupils from eleven primary schools: Dunbeath, Lybster, Thrumster, Noss (Wick), Newton Park (Wick), Watten, Keiss, Bower, and Canisbay. In 2008 there was an enrolment of 838, and the rector was Alistair Traill.<ref name="hmie.gov.uk"/>
In May 2012 the ''Herald'' conducted a survey of all of Scotland's secondary schools. The survey gave a percentage of how many senior pupils had achieved five Highers or more in their tenure at the school, and a percentage of how many pupils received free school meals. In a list of Highland Schools, Wick came 21st out of 30 with 5% of senior pupils having achieved five Highers or more. This is 5% behind both the Highland average and the Scottish average of 10%. Wick came 3rd out of 30 when it came to free school meals, scoring 15.6%, both ahead of the Highland average of 9.6%, and the Scottish average of 12.7%.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}
== Notable alumni == * Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12510056.Mixed_views_of_the_man_who_masterminded_Lockerbie_trial_McConnell_praises_Lord_Boyd_as_critics_recall_Shirley_McKie_case__BACKGROUND/|title=Mixed views of the man who masterminded Lockerbie trial McConnell praises Lord Boyd as critics recall Shirley McKie case BACKGROUND|website=The Herald|location=Glasgow|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref> Lord Advocate of Scotland * Ewan Morrison, writer and film director *Dr Alfred Ritchie FRSE (1894–1979) marine zoologist<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=22 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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== External links == *[http://www.wick.highland.sch.uk/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122120522/http://www.wick.highland.sch.uk/ |date=22 January 2009 }} *[http://www.highland.gov.uk/learninghere/schools/schoollist/wickhighschool/ Highland Council page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927092446/http://www.highland.gov.uk/learninghere/schools/schoollist/wickhighschool/ |date=27 September 2009 }} *[http://www.wick.highland.sch.uk/ Official page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122120522/http://www.wick.highland.sch.uk/ |date=22 January 2009 }} *[http://www.wickhighschool.co.uk/ Wick High School Action Group]
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Category:Secondary schools in Highland (council area) Category:Buildings and structures in Caithness Category:Wick, Caithness Category:1910 establishments in Scotland Category:Educational institutions established in 1910