Falkirk High School is a high school located in Falkirk,

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that was founded in 1886. It is a non-denominational six-year fully comprehensive school, situated approximately one mile from the centre of the town. It serves a widespread catchment area and has eight associated primary schools:

Bainsford Bainsford is a small village within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is situated in the Forth Valley, north of the town of Falkirk. It is positioned between the River Carron and the Forth and Clyde Canal to the north and sout ...

, Bantaskin, Carmuirs, Comely Park, Easter Carmuirs, Langlees,

Limerigg Limerigg is a village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It lies on the B825 road between Slamannan and Caldercruix surrounded by extensive woodlands on the northern side and lying next to the Black Loch, which formerly fed the Monkland Cana ...

and

Slamannan Slamannan ( gd, Sliabh Mhanainn) is a village in the south of the Falkirk council area in Central Scotland. It is south-west of Falkirk, east of Cumbernauld and north-east of Airdrie. Slamannan is located at the cross of the B803 and B8022 ...

Primary Schools. There are four houses – Campbell (Red), Robertson (Yellow), Cameron (Green) and Mackay (Blue), which are named after the first four rectors of the school.

Roll

*2004/2005 1153 *2010/2011 1058

Notable former teachers

* James Martin,

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since 2009 (taught from 1975 to 1979) * Alexander Durie Russell FRSE (d.1955) maths teacher at Falkirk

Notable alumni

Craigie Aitchison, Lord Aitchison Craigie Mason Aitchison (26 January 1882 – 2 May 1941) was a Scottish politician and judge. Early life Mason was born on 16 January 1882 in Falkirk, the second son of Elizabeth Mason Craigie and Revd James Aitchison, senior minister of ...

, Labour MP from 1929 to 1933 for Kilmarnock * novelist Alan 'Alvin' Bissett * Dame

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* Rev Dr

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, athlete, theologian, journalist * Prof

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from 1938 to 1941, President from 1928 to 1942 of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Professor of English at the

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* Ian Harley, chief executive officer, Abbey National Bank from 1998 to 2002 * David Marshall, Labour MP from 2005 to 2008 for Glasgow East, and from 1979 to 2005 for Glasgow Shettleston * Prof Gordon Marshall CBE, Vice-Chancellor from 2003 to 2011 of the

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, and chairman since 2007 of the

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* Donald Shaw Ramsay, was a Scottish bagpiper. Qualified as a pipe major in the British Army, he led the Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band to victory at the World Championships twice and was also leader of the all-star Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band during its four years of existence.

References

External links

Falkirk High School's page on Scottish Schools Online
*https://www.falkirk.falkirk.sch.uk/ {{authority control Secondary schools in Falkirk (council area) Buildings and structures in Falkirk 1886 establishments in Scotland Educational institutions established in 1886