Denny High School

Denny High School
Denny High School
Location
	Denny, Falkirk
Information
Type	Public non-denominational
Motto	Summa Peto
Established	1959
Rector	Stephen Miller (since 2006).
Staff	129
Number of students	1316
Website	www.dennyhigh.falkirk.sch.uk

Denny High School in Scotland is a non-denominational public secondary school.[1][2][3] The school was opened in 1959, and moved to a new building in February 2009. The new school contains a gymnasium, swimming pool and drama studio. The school serves an area of 25 square miles (65 km²) around the area of Denny, Falkirk, including Bonnybridge, Dunipace, Banknock and Dennyloanhead. In 2004, Denny High School had a roll of 1316 pupils and 95 teachers. It also employed 34 non-teaching staff.

The Denny High School senior football team, captained by Danny Noble, were tipped to win the Forth Valley League Scottish Schools Football League for session 2017/18. The team includes a number of Bonnybridge YFC Under 17’s players who also are critic’s favourites to lift the FVFDA league title this season.

Community Schools Project

In 2004, it was decided by the Scottish Executive that eight local schools, including Denny High School, would be given the chance of rebuilding or refurbishment. The school was rebuilt on the Herbertshire Playing Fields on the eastern outskirts of Denny, a few minutes from the town centre. The construction work of the new school started in October 2006 and completed in February 2009.

Alumni

David Marshall (born 1941), Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Shettleston 1979–2005, Glasgow East 2005–08
Andrew D. Taylor (born 1950) Director of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)[4]
Karine Polwart (born 1970), singer-songwriter and folk musician[5]

References

Falkirk Council Denny High School Page
Falkirk Council Community Schools Project
"Denny High School's page on Scottish Schools Online". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
Anon (2017). "Taylor, Andrew Dawson". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U247102. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
Meighan, Nicola (7 August 2012). "The Herald : Interview : Quiet Elegies of Love, Loss and Longing..." Sunday Herald. Hosted by Karine Polwart's Official Website. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

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[1] Falkirk Council Denny High School Page

[2] Falkirk Council Community Schools Project

[3] "Denny High School's page on Scottish Schools Online". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2008-07-15.

[taylorswho-4] Anon (2017). "Taylor, Andrew Dawson". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U247102. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[5] Meighan, Nicola (7 August 2012). "The Herald : Interview : Quiet Elegies of Love, Loss and Longing..." Sunday Herald. Hosted by Karine Polwart's Official Website. Retrieved 10 September 2020.