Our Lady's High School, Cumbernauld

Our Lady's High School is a six-year Roman Catholic co-educational comprehensive school which opened in 1968. It caters for pupils living in Cumbernauld, Muirhead, Cardowan and Stepps and in addition to pupils from Condorrat, Dullatur, Moodiesburn and Castlecary.^[1] The school's emblem is a post-modern artistic recreation of the Virgin and child.

History

Prior to its opening in 1968 there was no Roman Catholic high school in Cumbernauld and pupils had to make a 10-mile bus journey to Kirkintilloch to attend St. Ninian's.

The school has always maintained a strong link with the surrounding community, and through pupils, parents and teacher links they are associated with several primary schools from which the intake is drawn:

• St Margaret of Scotland Primary School, Cumbernauld
• St Lucy's Primary School, Abronhill
• St Mary's Primary School, Ravenswood
• St Joseph's Primary School, Stepps
• St Barbara's Primary School, Muirhead
• St Andrew's Primary School, Cumbernauld

The former Sacred Heart Primary in Kildrum was also a feeder primary till its closure in 2000.

Houses

The pupils are split into 5 different Houses - St Margaret of Scotland, St John Ogilvie, St Thenew, St Mungo and St Columba.

Notable former pupils

Jack Traynor- major.

• David Cromwell – oceanographer and co-editor of the Media Lens website
• Mark McGhee – football manager, currently manager of Motherwell F.C. and assistant manager of the Scottish national football team
• Peter Mackie – football player, Celtic F.C. and St Mirren F.C.
• Pauline McNeill – former MSP
• Neil Primrose – drummer from Travis

References

External links

• School's website
• North Lanarkshire Council website
• Our Lady's High School's page on Scottish Schools Online

Coordinates: 55°56′39″N 4°0′7″W / 55.94417°N 4.00194°W / 55.94417; -4.00194