St Andrew's High School was a

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situated in Whitecrook in

Clydebank Clydebank () is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Bowling and Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Milton beyond) to the w ...

in Scotland. It was closed in 2009 and amalgamated with St Columba's High School to form

St Peter the Apostle High School St Peter the Apostle High School is a Roman Catholic high school in Drumry, Clydebank, Scotland. It was formed as an amalgamation of the former St Columba's High School and St Andrew's High School. St Peter the Apostle High School is one of two ...

on the site of St Columba's in

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. The final head teacher was Mick Vassie (in post from 1995) who then took over as head of the new school; he retired in 2013. By June 2010 the building had been deemed to be in a dangerous condition following two arson attacks, hastening its demolition. As with the other vacant site in the town where a school had been (at Braidfield High School), the St Andrew's site lay unused for some years until 2016, when the local authority approved plans for it to be used for a housing development; construction actually commenced in 2019.Work begins on new council homes in Clydebank
Scottish Housing News, 26 August 2019

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