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St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School is a Catholic secondary school in
The original school was built in the 1950s, and at the end of the 2001/2002 school year the original building was demolished to make way for a new one. During the rebuilding works staff and pupils were temporarily based at Woodside School, close to the city's Anderston area. The new facility consists of the Abbey Building and the Mitre Building, and was built as part of Glasgow's PPP school building programme. The new building was completed in 2003 and the school was officially opened on 3 December 2004 by the then Education convener of Glasgow City Council,
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School Website
The School's most recent HMIe report
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, Glasgow. The current head teacher is Claire McInally, who took over at the beginning of the 2019-2020 session. The previous head teacher was Andrew McSorley who headed the school for 13 years from 2006-2019.
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Re-building
The original school was built in the 1950s, and at the end of the 2001/2002 school year the original building was demolished to make way for a new one. During the rebuilding works staff and pupils were temporarily based at Woodside School, close to the city's Anderston area. The new facility consists of the Abbey Building and the Mitre Building, and was built as part of Glasgow's PPP school building programme. The new building was completed in 2003 and the school was officially opened on 3 December 2004 by the then Education convener of Glasgow City Council, Steven Purcell
Steven Purcell is a former Scottish Labour Party politician who was councillor for the Drumchapel/Anniesland ward of Glasgow City Council. He was Leader of the council from 24 May 2005 until 2 March 2010, when he announced he would be standing ...
, a former pupil. The new school is one of the largest Roman Catholic schools in the city and has a capacity of over a thousand pupils.
The expressive arts
In 2007 the school produced a version of ''Romeo and Juliet'' which received national media attention as it brought to life issues relating to sectarianism. In 2008 ten St Thomas' pupils were chosen to represent Scotland at the World Schools' Orienteering Championships./ref>
Notable former pupils
* James McAvoy, Actor * Tosh McKinlay, Footballer *Joseph Andrew Mclean
Joseph Andrew McLean (born 30 November 1979) is a Scottish filmmaker. He has written, produced & directed commercials, documentaries, music videos and short films in the UK & USA.
Early life and education
McLean was born in Glasgow, Scotland, t ...
, Filmmaker
* Hudson Mohawke, Producer and DJ
*Graeme Pearson
Graeme James Pearson (born 1 April 1950) is a Scottish police officer and politician who served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region from 2011 to 2016. A member of the Scottish Labour Party, he was Shadow Ca ...
, Politician, Member of Parliament
*Steven Purcell
Steven Purcell is a former Scottish Labour Party politician who was councillor for the Drumchapel/Anniesland ward of Glasgow City Council. He was Leader of the council from 24 May 2005 until 2 March 2010, when he announced he would be standing ...
, Politician
*Carol Monaghan
Carol Monaghan (born 2 August 1972) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North West in the general election in May 2015. She is the SNP Education spokesperson in the House of Common ...
, Politician
References
External links
School Website
The School's most recent HMIe report
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