The school won the Platinum Award in Enterprise Inverclyde Standards and Quality Report 2005/2006.[1] The school also received top marks from the last visit by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education.[2] It is also the first school in Inverclyde to receive Charter Mark status, for providing outstanding customer service.[3]
The original school dates back to 1909, however St. Columba's in its current form was officially opened by Archbishop Donald Mackintosh of Glasgow, on 16 June 1933. Construction of the building, which was located on Peat Road in Greenock, took only 1 year and 3 days from the initial foundation work to the official opening, having cost £50,000 including roads and fittings. The school moved to a new building in the Bayhill area of Gourock in 1971. In 2009, the school temporarily returned to Greenock where it occupied the former Greenock High School building[4] while the former Gourock High School building on Fletcher Avenue in Gourock was being refurbished as a permanent home for St Columba's. The refurbished school at Tower Hill opened in 2013, the refurbishment having cost $6m.[5]
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The main teaching block is a refurbished 1960s building which has been extended to provide facilities for wood- and metalwork classes, as well as those for ICT. The campus also includes gymnasia and fitness suites in its PE department. There are football pitches towards the back of the school building, and the building also contains a refurbished library.[4]
Although not officially feeder schools, St. Columba's also receives some pupils from non-denominational schools within their catchment area, such as:[6]
columba, high, school, gourock, this, article, about, comprehensive, school, gourock, other, schools, named, columba, school, columba, school, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, thes. This article is about comprehensive school in Gourock For other schools named St Columba s School see St Columba s School This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information March 2015 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources St Columba s High School Gourock news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message St Columba s High School is a co educational six year Roman Catholic comprehensive secondary school located next to Tower Hill Gourock Inverclyde Scotland The school serves south west Greenock Gourock Inverkip and Wemyss Bay The current enrolment 2018 is 682 pupils St Columba s High SchoolAddressFletcher AvenueGourock RenfrewshireScotlandInformationTypeComprehensive secondaryEstablished16 June 1933Local authorityInverclydeHead teacherNicola DevineGenderCo edAge11 to 18Enrolment682Colour s Blue black Websitest columbashigh wbr inverclyde wbr sch wbr ukThe school won the Platinum Award in Enterprise Inverclyde Standards and Quality Report 2005 2006 1 The school also received top marks from the last visit by Her Majesty s Inspectorate of Education 2 It is also the first school in Inverclyde to receive Charter Mark status for providing outstanding customer service 3 Contents 1 History 2 Campus 3 Associated primary schools 4 Notable alumni 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe original school dates back to 1909 however St Columba s in its current form was officially opened by Archbishop Donald Mackintosh of Glasgow on 16 June 1933 Construction of the building which was located on Peat Road in Greenock took only 1 year and 3 days from the initial foundation work to the official opening having cost 50 000 including roads and fittings The school moved to a new building in the Bayhill area of Gourock in 1971 In 2009 the school temporarily returned to Greenock where it occupied the former Greenock High School building 4 while the former Gourock High School building on Fletcher Avenue in Gourock was being refurbished as a permanent home for St Columba s The refurbished school at Tower Hill opened in 2013 the refurbishment having cost 6m 5 Campus editThe main teaching block is a refurbished 1960s building which has been extended to provide facilities for wood and metalwork classes as well as those for ICT The campus also includes gymnasia and fitness suites in its PE department There are football pitches towards the back of the school building and the building also contains a refurbished library 4 Associated primary schools editSt Andrews Primary School Greenock St Joseph s Primary School Greenock St Ninian s Primary School GourockAlthough not officially feeder schools St Columba s also receives some pupils from non denominational schools within their catchment area such as 6 Wemyss Bay Primary School Wemyss Bay Inverkip Primary School InverkipNotable alumni editMartin Compston b 1984 actor 7 References edit Standards and Quality Report 2005 2006 Retrieved 20 December 2009 permanent dead link 1 dead link Inverclyde Council Charter Mark school celebrates Archived from the original on 4 August 2012 Retrieved 20 December 2009 a b School Information St Columba s High School Gourock successfully completed www mclh co uk Retrieved 5 February 2018 Associated Primary Schools Martin Compston Plucked to stardom from a school corridor BBC News 12 March 2022 Retrieved 12 March 2022 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Columba s High School Greenock School Website HMIE Inspection Reports55 57 7 N 4 48 0 W 55 95194 N 4 80000 W 55 95194 4 80000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Columba 27s High School Gourock amp oldid 1184306811, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
