Falkirk High School is a high school located in Falkirk, Stirlingshire that was founded in 1886.
It is a non-denominational six-year fully comprehensive school, situated approximately one mile from the centre of the town. It serves a widespread catchment area and has eight associated primary schools: Bainsford, Bantaskin, Carmuirs, Comely Park, Easter Carmuirs, Langlees, Limerigg and Slamannan Primary Schools.
There are four houses – Campbell (Red), Mackay (Blue), Cameron (Green) and Robertson (Yellow), which are named after the first four rectors of the school.
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The school's former buildings during demolition in 2009. The school moved to these utilitarian 1960s buildings from its Victorian buildings in Rennie Street in 1963.
Donald Shaw Ramsay, was a Scottish bagpiper. Qualified as a pipe major in the British Army, he led the Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band to victory at the World Championships twice and was also leader of the all-star Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band during its four years of existence.[5]
References
^"Falkirk High School Falkirk - Home Page". www.falkirk.falkirk.sch.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
^"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^Scotland. "Falkirk High School – Falkirk – Scottish Schools Online 2011/12". Educationscotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
^"Alexander D. Russell". Edinburgh Mathematical Notes. 40: 32. 1956. doi:10.1017/S0950184300000355.
^"RSPBA - The Heart of the Pipe Band World". www.rspba.org. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016.
External links
Falkirk High School's page on Scottish Schools Online