Glenrothes High School
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Glenrothes High School is a six year non-denominational secondary school
of approximately 860 pupils located in Glenrothes
, Fife
which opened in 1966. The school serves the western/central and northern precincts of Glenrothes drawing primarily from four feeder Primary Schools; Caskieberran, Pitcoudie, Rimbleton and South Parks schools. The school also accepts a number of placing requests from other areas.
The school is distinguished by a cylindrical belvedere
feature on the roof. This is a green house which was once used by biology students but is not currently in use. Facilities include a fan shaped assembly hall with a stage and projector booth. The physical education department has access to indoor facilities including two gymnasiums, a swimming pool and a modern gameshall which opened in 2007. Outdoor facilities including a tarmac running track, extensive playing fields, tennis courts and hockey, football and rugby pitches. There is a modern library and careers library and an ICT suite. The school has a Department of Additional Support comprising the former Department of Special Education and Physical Impairment Unit. There are a range of departments providing an extensive curriculum for education of all year groups progressing to standard grade, higher and advanced higher levels. The school operates a house system in which there are four houses, Burns, Carnegie, Stuart and Wallace.
The school was inspected in 2003 and 2005 and was considered in 2005 to have made very good progress since the inspection in 2003. It was again inspected in September 2009 and made yet again, good progress.
High school
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of approximately 860 pupils located in Glenrothes
Glenrothes
Glenrothes is a large town situated in the heart of Fife, in east-central Scotland. It is located approximately from both Edinburgh, which lies to the south and Dundee to the north. The town had an estimated population of 38,750 in 2008, making Glenrothes the third largest settlement in Fife...
, Fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
which opened in 1966. The school serves the western/central and northern precincts of Glenrothes drawing primarily from four feeder Primary Schools; Caskieberran, Pitcoudie, Rimbleton and South Parks schools. The school also accepts a number of placing requests from other areas.
The school is distinguished by a cylindrical belvedere
Belvedere (structure)
Belvedere is an architectural term adopted from Italian , which refers to any architectural structure sited to take advantage of such a view. A belvedere may be built in the upper part of a building so as to command a fine view...
feature on the roof. This is a green house which was once used by biology students but is not currently in use. Facilities include a fan shaped assembly hall with a stage and projector booth. The physical education department has access to indoor facilities including two gymnasiums, a swimming pool and a modern gameshall which opened in 2007. Outdoor facilities including a tarmac running track, extensive playing fields, tennis courts and hockey, football and rugby pitches. There is a modern library and careers library and an ICT suite. The school has a Department of Additional Support comprising the former Department of Special Education and Physical Impairment Unit. There are a range of departments providing an extensive curriculum for education of all year groups progressing to standard grade, higher and advanced higher levels. The school operates a house system in which there are four houses, Burns, Carnegie, Stuart and Wallace.
The school was inspected in 2003 and 2005 and was considered in 2005 to have made very good progress since the inspection in 2003. It was again inspected in September 2009 and made yet again, good progress.