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Hillhead High School is a day schoolinGlasgow, Scotland, on Oakfield Avenue, neighbouring the University of Glasgow.
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The main building of Hillhead High School
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Oakfield Avenue , G12 8LJ
Scotland
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Coordinates | 55°52′28″N 4°17′07″W / 55.87455°N 4.28538°W / 55.87455; -4.28538 |
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Motto | Nous maintiendrons (French for "We shall maintain") |
Established | 1885 (as Hillhead Primary School)[1] |
Head teacher | Karen McAlaney |
Staff | ~90 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 12 to 18 |
Enrolment | 1080 (September 2018) |
Colour(s) | black, white, red, blue |
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School Years | S1-S6 |
Website | https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/gc/hillheadhigh/ |
It is one of the largest schools in Glasgow.
Until 1972 it was a co-educational selective school. It then became a comprehensive school.
In 1972 the local authority in Glasgow abolished the selectivity process and the school gradually became a comprehensive school serving its geographical catchment area of Glasgow's West End, and serving many pupils from wider afield who had attended the primary school.
The school has two buildings, the Main Building and the Terrace Building. It also uses the nearby Wellington Church for mass assemblies at October, Christmas, Easter and Summer.
The X-shaped listed Main Building, acquired in the 1930s, is the larger of the two buildings, and is where most pupils begin their studies. Most of the school's classrooms and offices are situated on its four floors. Also in the Main Building is the library, where a career and exam advisor makes biweekly appearances. The main building was designed by E G Wylie in 1921, and construction finished in 1929. It is now protected as a category B listed building.[2]
Originally owned by the University of Glasgow, the Terrace Building was acquired by Hillhead in c.2001. This building is used primarily for applied studies.
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