St Paul's Roman Catholic Academy

St. Paul's R.C. Academy is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Dundee, Scotland.

St. Paul's R.C. Academy
Address
Gillburn Road Dundee , DD3 OEH Scotland
Coordinates	56°29′11″N 2°58′43″W / 56.48632°N 2.9787°W / 56.48632; -2.9787
Information
Type	Secondary School
Motto	One Community, Many Gifts
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	2009; 14 years ago (2009)
Local authority	Dundee City Council
Head teacher	Teresa Little
Staff	74 (on an FTE basis)
Gender	Co-educational
Age	12 to 18
Enrolment	1069
Houses	St. Andrew's St. Columba's St. Margaret's St. Ninian's St. Patrick's
Colour(s)	Black, Green, Blue
Website	www.st-pauls.ea.dundeecity.sch.uk

History

The school was established in 2009 as a merger between Lawside Academy and St. Saviours High School. The combined school occupies a new site on Gillburn Road in the Kirkton area of Dundee, with the two previous sites left empty. As it is north of St. John's, the other Catholic secondary school in Dundee, St. Paul's Academy succeeds Lawside in holding the position as the northernmost state Catholic secondary school in Europe.^{[citation needed]} The academy is named after Paul the Apostle, Paul being the middle name of the Right Reverend Vincent Logan, the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Dunkeld. The school has 5 houses named after saints: St. Andrew, St. Columba, St. Margaret, St. Ninian, and St. Patrick.

As of 2021 the school has an enrollment of 1069 students and although the school is Catholic, it welcomes all religious backgrounds.

Academics

St Paul's offers a wide range of subjects in its curriculum, whilst following the CfE. At St Paul's, courses are available at a wide range of levels including the new National levels 3, 4 and 5 as well as Higher and Advanced Higher depending on the subject.