Type Comprehensive school Gender Mixed Phone +44 141 582 0290 | Headteacher Pauline Swan Houses Clyde and Kelvin Number of students 429 (August 2013) | |
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Location 280 Onslow Drive
Glasgow
G31 2QF
Scotland Website www.whitehill-sec.glasgow.sch.uk Address 280 Onslow Dr, Glasgow G31 2QF, UK Motto Altiora Peto (I seek Higher Things) Similar Holyrood Secondary School, St Roch's Secondary School, St Mungos Academy, Hyndland Secondary School, Glasgow Club Whitehill Profiles | ||
Whitehill Secondary School (formerly Whitehill Senior Secondary School) is a Scottish non-denominational comprehensive secondary school located in the suburb of Dennistoun in Glasgow. The school is a part of the Whitehill Campus, along with Golfhill Primary School and Westercraigs Nursery. The campus was assembled in 2007, following the closure of the Golfhill Primary building due to structural issues. The school moved into the main building in 2009, with Westercraigs having their own structure.
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History
The school was founded in 1891 as Whitehill Senior Secondary School in a large red sandstone building in Dennistoun's Whitehill Street. The old school was demolished after the new school was opened in 1977 at its present location in Dennistoun's Onslow Drive renamed Whitehill Secondary School. As part of Glasgow City Council's Project 2002, the school was refurbished and modernised.
Whitehill Learning Community
The school leads a community of schools known as a Learning Community. This consists of a number of local schools in the area including Primary, Nursery and Special Education schools
Notable former pupils
Notable staff included William Oliver Brown.
Notable alumni of Whitehill Secondary School include: