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Whitehill Secondary School

Field	Value
motto	Altiora Peto (I seek Higher Things)
name	Whitehill Secondary School
image_size	200px
type	Comprehensive school
head	Ruth McConachie
address	280 Onslow Drive
city	Glasgow
country	Scotland
established	1891
postcode	G31 2QF
local_authority	Glasgow City Council
enrolment	c.600 (August 2022)
gender	Mixed
colours

Whitehill Secondary School (formerly Whitehill Senior Secondary School) is a Scottish non-denominational comprehensive secondary school located in the suburb of Dennistoun in Glasgow. The school is a part of the Whitehill Campus, along with Golfhill Primary School and Westercraigs Nursery. The campus was assembled in 2007, following the closure of the Golfhill Primary building due to structural issues. The school moved into the main building in 2009, with Westercraigs having their own structure.

History

The school was founded in 1891 as Whitehill Senior Secondary School in a large red sandstone building in Dennistoun's Whitehill Street. The old school was demolished after the new school was opened in 1977 at its present location in Dennistoun's Onslow Drive renamed Whitehill Secondary School. As part of Glasgow City Council's Project 2002, the school was refurbished and modernised.

Whitehill Learning Community

The school leads a community of schools known as a Learning Community. This consists of a number of local schools in the area including primary, nursery and special education schools:

Whitehill Secondary School
Onslow Drive Day Nursery
Westercraigs Nursery School
Alexandra Parade Primary School
Golfhill Primary School
Haghill Park Primary School (including Nursery Class)
Parkhill Secondary School

Notable former pupils

Notable staff included William Oliver Brown. Notable alumni of Whitehill Secondary School include:

June Almeida (virologist)
Hugh Brown MP (Scottish Labour politician)
Jamie Brown (UK delegate to UNICEF C8 Summit)
Rikki Fulton (actor and comedian)
Alasdair Gray (artist and author)
Jack House (journalist and author)
Ford Kiernan (comedian and actor famous for Still Game and Chewin' The Fat)
Lulu (Scottish singer, actress and TV personality)
James McArthur (Scottish international footballer)
Dorothy Paul (comedian)
Bill Paterson (actor and writer)
Jim Tolmie (footballer, Manchester City, Lokeren, Morton)

References

A. S. Borrowman, "Valiant-for-truth", ''[[The Scots Independent]]'', July 1976

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