Trinity High School is a
Roman Catholic
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secondary school located in
Eastfield,
Rutherglen
Rutherglen (, sco, Ruglen, gd, An Ruadh-Ghleann) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde. Having existed as a Lanarkshire burgh in its own ...
, Scotland near the city of
Glasgow
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. It was established in 1971. The current
head teacher
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is Allison Craig who took office in 2021 with incumbent Peter Bollen leaving his post.
Overview
Trinity High School was established in 1971 to provide a combined Catholic secondary education provision for
Cambuslang
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and
Rutherglen
Rutherglen (, sco, Ruglen, gd, An Ruadh-Ghleann) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde. Having existed as a Lanarkshire burgh in its own ...
under the new comprehensive system, until that time based separately in limited accommodation at St Bride's and St Columbkille's schools respectively, but with many pupils from the towns having to attend schools either in
Glasgow
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, further into
Lanarkshire
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Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotlan ...
at
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** Lord Hamilt ...
or
Motherwell
Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...
, or in
East Kilbride
East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ...
. Initially Trinity used buildings in Cambuslang previously used by Gateside School,
which had been supplanted as the local non-denominational facility with the opening of
Cathkin High School on a different site on the edge of town. In 1977 the Trinity campus at Eastfield was opened,
although the Gateside buildings continued to be used by the school for a few years
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Trinity High School (archive version, 2009) (it was later used by
South Lanarkshire College
South Lanarkshire College is a further education institution in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its campus is located in East Kilbride, with new buildings completed in 2008 at a site between the town centre and the Kelvin industrial area.
The colle ...
, and eventually demolished in 2008).
In 2007 the original Trinity was demolished; a new school was completed in the same Glenside Drive location. Pupils returned in August 2009.
A
council-run sports centre and swimming pool (known as ''South Lanarkshire Lifestyle Eastfield'') constructed a few years earlier shares the site, with the facilities used by the Trinity pupils during the school day and available for community use at other times.
The school uses a traditional
house system
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. The pupils are organised into one of three guidance houses, formerly having been four. The three houses are ''
Iona
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,
Dunkeld
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'' and ''
Melrose''. ''
Jedburgh
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'' was previously a house but was removed during re-organisation of the school faculty.
The school hosts many afterschool clubs and has competed in national competitions. Around mid-October an awards ceremony is held to honour pupils who have achieved academically and through sports activities. Although a Catholic school, it accepts students from other religious denominations.
Trinity's affiliated primary schools include St Anthony's in
Springhall, St Bride's in
Cambuslang
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, St Cadoc's in
Halfway,
St Charles' in
Newton
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, St Columbkille's in Rutherglen, St Joachim's in
Carmyle
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, and St Mark's in
Blairbeth
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.
Gallery
File:Trinity High Consturction.jpg, The new school in Glenside Drive during construction in 2008
File:Trinity2007-2009.jpg, The school premises for 2007 to 2009 (Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
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)
File:South Lanarkshire Lifestyle Eastfield 2016-03-09.jpg, 'South Lanarkshire Lifestyle Eastfield' sports centre next to school
File:Trinity Gate.jpg, School gate (2020)
History
New buildings, move to Hamilton
On 5 November 2007 the former school building in Glenside Drive, being demolished as part of the ''"Schools Modernisation Programme"'',
was set ablaze. Before it was set on fire, it was due to be destroyed by contractors InspirdED onto whom the council had passed responsibility.
The fire broke out in the school on
Guy Fawkes Night
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. A total of eight crews, 60 firefighters in total, worked through the night to control the blaze and by 1:00 AM on Monday morning the fire was finally extinguished. On Bonfire night there were several incidents throughout Scotland in the aftermath of the festival that sparked fires similar to the Trinity School blaze as evidenced by the Strathclyde Fire and Police services, and in addition this gained widespread media attention.
During the complete reconstruction of the school, pupils at Trinity High School were temporarily located at the old
Holy Cross High School buildings in
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
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, with a replacement for Holy Cross having already been completed nearby (these have also since been demolished in the South Lanarkshire Schools Modernisation project).
Former pupils
*
Stuart Findlay, footballer
*
Scott Harrison, boxer
*
Clare Haughey
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, politician
*
Brogan Hay
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, footballer
*
James Kelly, politician
*
Ged Killen
Gerard Killen (born 1 May 1986), known as Ged Killen, is a Scottish Labour and Co-operative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutherglen and Hamilton West from 2017 to 2019.
Early life
Killen was born in Glasgow, living in ...
, politician
*
Scott Martin, footballer
*
Stephen McKeown, footballer
*
Kevin Nisbet
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, footballer
*
Bernard Ponsonby
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, TV news reporter
*
Dom Thomas
Dominic Thomas (born 14 February 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Queen's Park. Thomas, who started his professional career with Motherwell, has also played for Kilmarnock and has been on loan over two spel ...
, footballer
*
Andy Walker, footballer
References
External links
Trinity High School websiteCouncil information about the school Proposal to realign the school catchment areas of both Cathkin and Trinity High Schools and St CadocJune 2006 School Inspection ReportSchool profile at Education Scotland websiteReport of the £290 million project "School Modernisation Programme"Trinity Gazette
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Cambuslang
Buildings and structures in Rutherglen
1971 establishments in Scotland
School buildings completed in 2009
Buildings and structures demolished in 2007
Secondary schools in South Lanarkshire
Catholic secondary schools in South Lanarkshire
Educational institutions established in 1971
School buildings completed in 1977