St Aidan's High School
St Aidan's High School (simply referred to as St Aidan's) is an 11–18 mixed, Roman Catholic, secondary school in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.[2] It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Motherwell.[3]
| St Aidan's High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
Waverley Drive , , ML2 7EW Scotland | |
| Coordinates | 55.7803°N 3.9167°W |
| Information | |
| Other name | St Aidan's |
| Type | Secondary school |
| Motto | Latin: Optima Petenda (To be the best) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Local authority | North Lanarkshire Council |
| Oversight | Roman Catholic Diocese of Motherwell |
| Head teacher | Claire Connelly[1] |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age range | 11–18 |
| Colour(s) | Purple, Gold, Black |
| Website | blogs |
It was rated 'good' by Education Scotland following its inspection in December 2018,[4] and was ranked 139th out of 339 secondary schools in Scotland for exam results in 2019.[5]
Notable alumni
- John Higgins, snooker player
- Joe Jordan, footballer
- Nicholas McDonald, singer
- Geraldine McKelvie, journalist[6]
gollark: Grades let you distance, well, grades, from actual % results on stuff.
gollark: Of course, *that* means that how good you're considered depends on how well everyone else does. Although that probably would have been the case to some extent anyway.
gollark: I mean, "you got X % of the questions right" might not line up exactly with what your grade should be, and the difficulty of exams might vary from exam to exam.
gollark: Are percentages REALLY better, though?
gollark: They actually recently implemented number grades for GCSE.
References
- "Senior Leadership Team". St Aidan's High School. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- "St Aidan's High School". Parentzone Scotland. Education Scotland. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- "Secondary Schools & Chaplains". Roman Catholic Diocese of Motherwell. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- Thomson, Ross (6 March 2019). "Success is highlighted at Wishaw school following inspection". Daily Record. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- McLaughlin, Mark (20 March 2019). "Scottish school league tables 2019: Edinburgh schools worst at hitting exam targets". The Times. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- McMahon, Connie (26 February 2020). "Reporter returns to school to be quizzed". Wishaw Press. Wishaw, Scotland: Reach. p. 25. Retrieved 15 August 2020 – via PressReader.
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