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Park Mains High School

Field	Value
name	Park Mains High School
image	Park Mains High School.jpeg
caption	School building
type	Public School
streetaddress	Barrhill Road
city	Erskine, Renfrewshire
country	Scotland
established	1974
coordinates
enrollment	1,500+
head_teacher	Alan Dick
colors	Blue and black
district	Renfrewshire Council
website	http://www.parkmainshigh.renfrewshire.sch.uk/

Park Mains High School is a secondary school in Erskine, Renfrewshire. It is one of the biggest schools in Scotland. As well as taking in students from the town it also enrolls them from the surrounding areas of Bishopton (including the new Dargavel Village), Inchinnan, and Langbank.

New school building (2012–present)

Renfrewshire Council granted a new multimillion-pound rebuild of the school. The new building was opened in August 2012 at a cost of £31M. It was designed and planned by Holmes Miller. Construction was completed by Bam Construction. FES Ltd were the contractors for the electrical, mechanical, IT installations and fire and security systems. The building offers a larger, brighter space for the pupils to feel in a social hub whilst still being in a controlled learning environment. One key feature of the school is the central "street area" with natural sunlight. The school's new sports complex has a multi-use games hall and gymnasium. The site of the old school building is now a £400,000 multi-use 3G sports pitch with running track. There are also hockey pitches and a rugby field. The school building has regularly featured in architectural publications. It has received award nominations for its design and construction.

Guidance

Pupils are assigned to a guidance group in their first year at Park Mains. The guidance groups are named after some of the Scottish Isles. These are Skye, Arran, Bute and Mull. Pupils remain in these groups until their departure from the school.

Notable former pupils

Chris Aitken, former footballer, now assistant manager at East Kilbride FC
Stephen Aitken, former footballer, now manager at East Kilbride Thistle
Wendy Alexander, former leader of the Scottish Labour Party
Douglas Alexander, former Labour Shadow Foreign Secretary
Kenny Inglis, composer & music producer
James Laidlaw, William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge since 2016.
Keith Lasley, former footballer, now assistant manager at Motherwell FC
Peter Leven, former footballer, assistant manager at Kilmarnock FC
Derek Lilley, former footballer
Kirsty Mitchell, actress and former Miss Scotland
Brian O'Neil, former footballer
Blair Spittal, footballer at Motherwell
Dougie Vipond, TV presenter & Deacon Blue drummer
Evan Mooney, footballer at St Mirren (born 2007)

Notable former teachers

Michael Shanks, politician

References

"Dargavel Village - a new way of living in Bishopton".
(5 September 2012). "New high school for Erskine - Opening of £31m Park Mains High School". Clydewaterfront.com.
"News". Fes.ltd.uk.
"Archived copy".
"Erskine Community Sports Centre - Renfrewshire Leisure Limited". Renfrewshireleisure.com.
(29 June 2011). "Battle for pitches won | News". The Gazette.
(27 February 2014). "The 30 Most Amazing High School Campuses in the World-Pinnacle Architecture". Pinnaclearchitecture.com.
"News". Fes.ltd.uk.
Paterson, Stewart. (5 January 2022). "Meet Michael: the man who ran every single Glasgow street".

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