Gourock High School

Gourock High School
Motto Honor Diligentiae Praemium
Established 1909
Type Day school
Headteacher Willie Todd
Location Gourock
PA19 1TP
Scotland
Local authority Inverclyde
Students 630
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11–18
Colours Blue, grey and burgundy
Website Gourock High School

Gourock High School was a non-denominational comprehensive school catering for boys and girls, 11–18 years of age, in Gourock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The school taught around 630 pupils. The school motto was Honor Diligentiae Praemium, which means "The reward for hard work is renown". Willie Todd had been headteacher since February 2008.

The school was ranked 22nd in a listing of the top 50 secondary schools in Scotland in 2005.[1]

History

The original school was founded in 1909, and was located on Binnie Street, Gourock. Robert Fulton, who had previously been head master of the Eastern School, was brought in to be the head master of the newly formed Gourock High School.

In 1963, it moved to Tower Hill where it included a primary school department.

Gourock High School closed in 2011, when it and Greenock Academy merged in a new school in the Bayhill area of Gourock. The new school, on the site previously occupied by St Columba's High School, Gourock, is known as Clydeview Academy.

References

  1. "The top 50 state secondary schools in Scotland" (PDF). The Times. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2012-03-15.

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Coordinates: 55°57′15″N 4°49′16″W / 55.95417°N 4.82111°W / 55.95417; -4.82111


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