Kinross High School is a
state school
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in
Kinross
Kinross (, gd, Ceann Rois) is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, around south of Perth and around northwest of Edinburgh. It is the traditional county town of the historic county of Kinross-shire.
History
Kinross's origins are connect ...
,
Scotland
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The school is located adjacent to the
leisure centre
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, and is part of Loch Leven Community Campus, named after the nearby
Loch Leven. In 2007, it was announced that the school would be moving to a new campus, as part of a scheme of school building in the Perth & Kinross area.
The move was completed in 2010. The school has about 1012 pupils enrolled and about 100 members of staff. It is now a Community Campus with public facilities including a climbing wall, a gym, a library and several meeting rooms.
Roll
* 2010/2011 - 915 pupils
* 2011/2012 - 895 pupils
* 2012/2013 - 906 pupils
Catchment area
The school serves most of the local communities around Kinross shire. Schools that are in the catchment area are:
* Kinross Primary School
* Milnathort Primary School
* Portmoak Primary School
* Fossoway Primary School
* Cleish Primary School
* Blairingone Primary School
* Arngask Primary School (as of 2013)
Facilities
The High School is located in Loch Leven Community Campus which helps try to bring the community together. As a result, many of the services that used to be offered in Kinross have now been moved into the campus. The library is now located near the main entrance. This allows the public to borrow books but also allows pupils to borrow books for their classes. It also provides an area for the pupils to study on their study periods and other classes to use the IT facilities. There are also various meeting rooms throughout the campus which are available to hire. There is also a new climbing wall used for extra curricular clubs after school. There are now three main PE halls and a gym. The three halls include a large games hall, a smaller games hall and a dance studio. Each hall has the facility to play music through the speakers and the games hall has a large scoreboard if rival teams are playing against each other.
There are also new outdoor pitches. The MUGA (Multi Use Games Area) is used to play sports like basketball, tennis and hockey. There is also a football pitch and a larger pitch used for games, running and rugby.
Notable alumni
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Eilidh Doyle
Eilidh Doyle (pronounced AY-lee ; née Child; born 20 February 1987) is a retired British track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles and the 4 x 400 metres relay. She represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, ...
, athlete
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Laura Muir
Laura Muir (born 9 May 1993) is a Scottish middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the 1500 metres, having previously finished seventh in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Muir won the bronze med ...
, runner
References
External links
Kinross High School's page on Scottish Schools OnlineKinross High School website
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Secondary schools in Perth and Kinross
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