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Castlehead High School

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Established
  
1972

LEA
  
Renfrewshire

Address
  
Paisley PA1 2HJ, UK

Founded
  
1972

Status
  
Open

Headteacher
  
Martin Macdonald

Phone
  
+44 141 887 4261

Communities served
  
Elderslie, Ferguslie Park

School type
  
non-denominational secondary school

Education League Tables (2001) average
  
78 Standard (Scot. Avg 77) -------- 22% Higher (Scot. Avg 22)

Feeder schools
  
Glencoats Primary School, Wallace Primary School, West Primary School

Similar
  
Gleniffer High School, Johnstone High School, Renfrew High School, Gryffe High School, Trinity High School

Castlehead High School is a state secondary school in the district Castlehead; town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, in the west of Scotland. In 1989 John Neilson High School (founded as the John Neilson Institution in 1852) merged into Castlehead High School.

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Castlehead high school media club bbc news school report 2012


Sports

Castlehead is one of six Scottish Football Association Schools of Football. Under this program, twenty first-year students receive daily coaching, development and recovery sessions and other academic and social development activities. The Schools of Football program is funded through the Scottish Football Association's partnership with Cashback For Communities, a Scottish Government scheme which gives communities illicit monies seized from criminals.

On 8 September 2008, Castlehead hosted the draw for the first round of the 2008–09 Scottish Cup.

Awards

  • One area of the schools performance identified as needing improvement on the 2005 evaluation was attendance. In recognition of the effort the school faculty, students and parents made, in 2006 the school won the Scottish Education Award: "Better Behaviour and Attendance Award".
  • Philip Lawrence Award, in recognition of the school's paired reading program where senior pupils help junior pupils develop their reading skills.
  • Notable alumni

  • Elena Baltacha, tennis player
  • Majid Haq, cricket player
  • Iain Martin, journalist
  • Richard Madden, actor
  • References

    Castlehead High School Wikipedia