55°59′49″N 3°48′18″W / 55.997°N 3.805°W
| Falkirk High School | |
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| Type | Secondary |
| Motto | Invicem Servite (Serve one another) |
| Head teacher | Stuart Kelly [1] |
| Teaching staff | 102 |
| Number of students | 1,200 |
| Color(s) | maroon/white |
| Athletics | gymnasium, swimming pool, dance/fitness suite and rugby/football pitch |
| 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.
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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[4]
Notable alumni
- 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]
- 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.[5]
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