- Dalziel High School
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Dalziel High School 
"Aim for the Highest"Address Crawford Street
Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, ML1 3AG, ScotlandCoordinates 55°47′12″N 4°00′00″W / 55.7866°N 3.9999°W Information Opened 1902 Authority North Lanarkshire Rector Robert Birch Teaching staff 90 Gender Coeducational Age 12 to 18 Average class size 20 or 30 Houses 3
Barclay, Colville, GreigSchool Colour(s) Navy Blue and White School roll 1013 (As of September 2009) Yearbook Dalzielian Website http://www.dalzielhigh.org.uk/ Dalziel High School is a non-denominational secondary school that is based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The current rector of the school is Robert Birch.
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Overview
Dalziel High School is widely known as one of the best in North Lanarkshire and has been for a number of years.[1] Officially opened in 1902, the school has a unique culture, designed to live up to its motto "Summa Petenda" or "Aim for the highest". That culture was developed under the direction of its great headmaster, James K. Scobbie, who led the school until 1974.
The school was always one of the best public schools in Scotland. The school has achieved many national awards, such as being one of the first schools in the country to be awarded Charter Mark status, as well as being awarded The National Award For Excellence for Work and Enterprise.
Also based at this secondary school is a hearing impaired department. This is a department that can help the severely hearing impaired from all over Lanarkshire and beyond, and specialist teachers are employed to handle this school department.
The school motto is Summa Petenda (Aim for the highest) and, in many cases, that motto is being used to the full.[2]
There are also a wide range of extra curricular activities that the school organise, some of which are more complex than others. For example, some of the activities may include photography, theatre outings and scripture union. Also, the school constantly arranges yearly events, such as the school show, the choral shield, and the school Christmas dance, as well as the annual health fayre, organised to improve the quality of health and living in the school and the wider community.
Success
On Tuesday 11 November 2008, the secondary school was voted as one of the best in Scotland in a report by HMIe.[1][3]
School Houses
For Dalziel, the three school houses are Barclay, Colville,and Greig.
Feeder Schools
The secondary school has many feeder schools to ensure a smooth transition from primary school to secondary school. They include Glencairn Primary School, Knowetop Primary School and Ladywell Primary School. Pupils from other schools near to Dalziel, such as Logans Primary School, usually get transferred to other secondary schools in the Motherwell area.
Playing Fields
What is unusual about Dalziel High School, compared to other secondary schools in the area, is that it has its own playing fields, located at Dalziel Park, between the villages of Cleland and Carfin. This was proposed by the school's War Memorial Trust, and this was to act as a permanent tribute to all the former pupils who died in the First World War and the Second World War. This tribute would take to the form of playing fields, which were established through the purchase of Cleland Estate from the Colville family after the wars. The estate comprised 192 acres (0.78 km2) originally and created a unique environment under Scobbie's direction. He developed a culture of sporting excellence coupled with non-sporting achievement. The school won the Scottish Secondary Shield (football) in 1968 and 1972. It was losing finalist in 1969. Cleland Estate was put to wider use and was the venue for an annual Drama Festival which featured plays by every class in the school. Scobbie ensured that everyone was involved - even if pupils didn't play sports, they could participate through the Cleland Corps which provided hospitality to visiting teams. Scobbie was a visionary - he introduced the annual Choral Shield as well as the Drama Festival. The Estate was redesigned to make it more compact and improve the quality of the pitches and this change was formalised when it was opened by The Princess Royal on 5 April 2001.
A handful of sports teams use these fields, some of which include the rugby club Dalziel (a club which, until recently, was only for former pupils of the school), and the local SPL football team Motherwell, as well as a number of local athletics, tennis and hockey clubs.
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References
- ^ a b "School among 'best in Scotland'". BBC News. 2008-11-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7711694.stm. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ^ "Dalziel High on North Lanarkshire Website". http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5922. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
- ^ "Dalziel High School HMIe Report". Education Scotland. 2008-11-11. http://www.hmie.gov.uk/viewestablishment.aspx?id=8482&type=3. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
Categories:- Secondary schools in Scotland
- 1902 establishments in Scotland
- Schools in North Lanarkshire
- Educational institutions established in 1902
- Motherwell
- Scotland school stubs
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