Eastwood High School is a public school situated in Newton Mearns

Newton Mearns

Newton Mearns is a suburban town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies southwest of Glasgow City Centre on the main road to Ayrshire, above sea level. It has a population of approximately 22,637.The town is part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation...

, East Renfrewshire

East Renfrewshire

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 just outside of Glasgow

Glasgow

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, Scotland

Scotland

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. It is on Capelrig Road and has 1500 pupils. The current head teacher is Mr. Stuart Maxwell. A new building is due to be built in 2013.

School Houses

House	Aulhouse	Balgrey	Capelrig	Duncarnock
House Colour	Red	Blue	Green	Yellow

Achievements

In 2005 the school won the "Better Behaviour" Award in the Scottish Education Awards for identifying and tackling increasing indiscipline by involving senior pupils, and also captured the Award for Multicultural Education from the University of Aberdeen's

University of Aberdeen

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 Al-Maktoum Institute. Scotland's Evening Times

Evening Times

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 ranked the Eastwood High School seventh in West Scotland in its 2009 rankings.

Inspections

Eastwood High was last inspected in December 2006, and gained a largely favourable report from HMIE

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education

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. Only three major points for action were identified.

Notable former pupils

• Kirsty Crawford
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   singer
• Brian Robertson
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  , guitar
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  ist (Thin Lizzy
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• Kelly Macdonald
  Kelly Macdonald
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• David Newton
  David Newton (pianist)
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  , jazz
  Jazz
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   pianist and composer
• Ricky Gillies
  Ricky Gillies
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  , footballer (St. Mirren)
• Tony Osoba
  Tony Osoba
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  , actor (Porridge
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  , The Demon Headmaster
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• Kris Robertson, footballer (St. Mirren)