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State secondary school in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Bishopbriggs Academy
Address
Wester Cleddens Road
Bishopbriggs
,
East Dunbartonshire
,
G64 1HZ
Scotland
Information
Type
State secondary school
Motto
Educating, Inspiring, Empowering
Established
2006
Headteacher
Ian Donaghey
Gender
Co-educational
Enrolment
Maximum of 1200
Houses
Burns, MacDonald, Thomson, Kelvin, Fleming, and Muir
Colour(s)
Tie Colours
Badge Colours
School years
S1-S6
Affiliated schools
Thomas Muir, Wester Cleddens, Balmuildy, and Meadowburn
Website
www.bishopbriggs.e-dunbarton.sch.uk
Bishopbriggs Academy is a secondary school in the town of Bishopbriggs, Scotland, in the district of East Dunbartonshire.[1] Bishopbriggs Academy is a non-denominational, co-educational, comprehensive school taking pupils from S1 to S6. It is currently one of two secondary schools in Bishopbriggs, along with Turnbull High School at Brackenbrae.
The school was established in August 2006 as a result of the amalgamation of Bishopbriggs High School and Thomas Muir High School.[2]
In 2021, the school was named "The Scottish State Secondary School of the decade" by the Sunday Times in the Sunday Times School Guide,[3] recognising the "exceptional leadership, top quality teaching and high academic standards that the school provides.[4]" It has also twice been named 'The Scottish State Secondary School of the Year' by the Sunday Times in the Sunday Times School Guide, firstly in 2014 and again in 2017.
[5][6] The school consistently ranks at the top of the school exam league tables, with the school currently ranking 10th in the league tables (out of 340 secondary schools in Scotland).[7][8][9]
In January 2013 the school received four "Excellent" grades and one "Very Good" in an Education Scotland Inspection Report. This was the first time ever that education Education Scotland had awarded four "Excellent" grades under the new inspection standards which ranks school on 5 areas. The Inspectors also described the Academy as an 'outstanding school'.[10]
^"'Remarkable' Bishopbriggs Academy named Scottish state secondary of the decade".
^"THIS week reporter David Friel talks to Gordon Moulsdale, new head teacher of the soon to be amalgamated Bishopbriggs High and Thomas Muir High schools". kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk.
^Leonard, Sue. "Best secondary schools in Scotland 2022".
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^"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^"School near Glasgow named Scotland's top-performing state secondary". Evening Times.
^"Parent Power 2021: Best UK Schools Guide and League Table".
^"These are the 20 best secondary schools in Scotland ranked by Higher results". 7 May 2020.
^"Scotland's schools ranked from best to worst in 2021 league table". 12 May 2021.
^"Bishopbriggs Academy - East Dunbartonshire - Primary and Secondary schools - Inspection and review". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
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