Hillhead High School is a

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, Scotland, on Oakfield Avenue, neighbouring the

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Admissions

It is one of the largest schools in

History

Grammar school

Until 1972 it was a co-educational selective school. It then became a comprehensive school.

Comprehensive

In 1972 the local authority in Glasgow abolished the selectivity process and the school gradually became a comprehensive school serving its geographical catchment area of Glasgow's West End, and serving many pupils from wider afield who had attended the primary school.

Former teachers

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, SNP MSP from 1999 to 2003 for West of Scotland (taught from 1961 to 1963)

School facilities

The school has two buildings, the Main Building and the Terrace Building. It also uses the nearby Wellington Church for mass assemblies at October, Christmas, Easter and Summer. The X-shaped listed Main Building, acquired in the 1930s, is the larger of the two buildings, and is where most pupils begin their studies. Most of the school's classrooms and offices are situated on its four floors. Also in the Main Building is the

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, where a career and exam advisor makes biweekly appearances. The main building was designed by E G Wylie in 1921, and construction finished in 1929. It is now protected as a

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. Originally owned by the University of Glasgow, the Terrace Building was acquired by Hillhead in ''c.''2001. This building is used primarily for applied studies.

Notable former pupils

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, Glaswegian comedian and presenter of

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in the early sixties * Stanley Baxter, Glaswegian actor *

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, actress * Prof Gordon Younger Craig, FRSE, geologist, James Hutton Professor of Geology 1967–84

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, founder trustee of

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, and known for the

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* Ian Dunn (d. 1998), gay and paedophile rights activist, founder of the Scottish Minorities Group * Sir

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, first footballer to play for

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under the school qualification rule *

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, chairman from 1953 to 1960 of ICI *

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, playwright and scriptwriter *

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, Anthon Professor of the Latin Language and Literature from 1950 to 1972 at

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, doctor and academic * Vera Kenmure, (1904-1973) Scottish minister * George Leslie, politician *

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, chairman from 1983 to 1986 of the

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, archaeologist and numismatist * Ian Rodger, co-founder of Scottish Opera * Prof

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, * Robert Service, poet *

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, film director *

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from 1961 to 1976 *

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, Conservative MSP from 1999 to 2003 for West of Scotland.

References

External links

Hillhead High's official websiteHillhead High School's page on Parentzone

League tables for the school
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