Scottish Gaelic Sgoil MhicNeacail Type Secondary Council area Na h-Eileanan Siar Phone +44 1851 707000 | Established 1873 Rector Frances Murray Founded 1873 | |
Location Springfield RoadStornowayIsle of LewisHS1 2PZScotland Founder Alexander Morrison Nicolson Similar Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar, Stornoway Primary School, Lews Castle College, Stornoway Gazette, Malcolm Macleod Photogra | ||
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The Nicolson Institute (Gaelic: Sgoil MhicNeacail) in Stornoway, is the largest school in the Western Isles, Scotland.
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- New School
- Notable Pupils
- References
The Nicolson is the only six-year secondary school in Lewis. With the Sir E. Scott School in Harris, they provide education up to Advanced Higher level.
The student population is around 1000. The school has Gaelic speaking pupils, although these are in the minority. There are five houses, named after five significant former rectors: Addison, Forbes, Gibson, Macrae and Sutherland. Addison contains only pupils who claim to be fluent in Gaelic.
The Nicolson has recently been re-built on the site of the original Stornoway Primary next to where the old Nicolson was. . The old school comprised several different buildings, all built between 1904 (Matheson Hall) and the Main Building (1957) as well as a few other building that were demolished in the 1980s. The Main building was extended many times and a canteen was built in a second neighbouring building in the 1980s.
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New School
In June 2010, the first part of the new school project started with the Springfield South (maths & geography) was demolished, (these subjects were housed in temporary portacabins at the back of the school). The project took 2 years and the new school opened on Thursday 16 August 2012 to staff & pupils. The old main building was then demolished to become the new bus park. The technical (Springfield North) and former Religious studies department (Matheson Hall) were retained, (technical is joint to the new building by a tunnel and Matheson hall is now used by the council.