Type Secondary Colours Black (clothing) Phone +44 1899 222050 | Headteacher Robert Stewart Staff 52 (FTE) | |
Location Market RoadBiggarScotland Students 677 as of September 2015 Website www.biggar.s-lanark.sch.uk Motto Decraret Factum (Declare It) Similar Carluke High School, Peebles High School, Lesmaha High School, Coltness High School, Deans Community High Sch | ||
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Biggar High School (Local education authority: South Lanarkshire) is a secondary school located in the town of Biggar, South Lanarkshire.
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It is a mixed secondary school of non-denominational religion. The current headteacher is Robert Stewart. The school was most recently inspected by HMIe in November 2007, and generally performed well. In 2008-2009, a new Biggar High School was erected. Pupils and staff were relocated to new school building, situated at the former site of the playing fields on Market Road, in August 2009.
A new school building was erected in 2009. There are approximately 724 pupils (age range 11-18) with a teaching staff of around 60.
There are three school houses; Anderson, Burns and Wallace.
In June 2007, Biggar High School won the Most Enterprising School in Scotland award.
Biggar High School won the silver medal at the British Schools Orienteering Championships at Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, England, where three pupils, along with their coach - Blair Young - ran 4 kilometres over sand dunes as high as 25 metres.