Eastwood High School is a comprehensive, non-denominational school located centrally in

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to the south of

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, Scotland. It is one of the successor schools to Eastwood Senior Secondary School which opened in 1936 in Clarkston, Glasgow. Eastwood High School is situated on Capelrig Road and has a large suburban, and partly rural, catchment area. It stands in the grounds of Capelrig House, constructed in 1769, which is a Category A building listed as being of architectural and historical importance. The school serves the immediate area of

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and the villages of

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and

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. Eastwood High School's cluster primary schools are Crookfur, Mearns, Neilston and Uplawmoor. A new state-of-the-art school building was built, replacing the 1960s building, and is now in full use. It was opened in August 2013. This has improved the teaching facilities. The improvements include two all-weather pitches and a new sports complex. Past student enrollments have had upwards of 1500 pupils.

Achievements

* Scottish Education Award (2005) * Award for Multicultural Education from the University of Aberdeen's * Investors in People award since 2005 * Scotland's ''

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in December 2006 and gained a very favourable report with only three points identified for action. These were addressed by the time of the local authority follow up inspection in 2008. A further inspection was carried out in 2015. The report was very good and the pupils were noted as friendly and hardworking.

Departments

The subject areas in Eastwood High School are structured into nine faculties. Each has a faculty head who has overall management responsibility and leads the learning and teaching. The faculties are: * English * Mathematics * Social Subjects (History/Geography/RMPS) * Modern Languages (French/Spanish) * Science (Biology/Chemistry/Physics) * Technical Education/Home Economics * Creative and Performing Arts (Art/Music/Drama) * Physical Education * BECS (Business Education and Computing Science)

Notable former pupils

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References

External links

Eastwood High School's profile
Scottish Schools Online
Eastwood High School's official website
{{authority control Secondary schools in East Renfrewshire 1936 establishments in Scotland Educational institutions established in 1936 Newton Mearns School buildings completed in 2013