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Dunoon Grammar School 
Location Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland Information Type Comprehensive Secondary Established 1641 Head Teacher Stewart Shaw Teaching staff approx. 70 Number of students approx. 1030 Website http://www.dunoongrammar.argyll-bute.sch.uk/ Dunoon Grammar School is a secondary school in Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland. It was founded in 1641.
It is currently a non-denominational comprehensive school which covers all stages from S1 to S6 (ages 12–18).
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Building
The current school building, which took two years to complete, is located on Ardenslate Road and was opened to pupils and staff in August 2007. It consists of a main teaching block complete with two gymnasia, a fitness suite, dance studio, assembly hall, technology and technical areas and music rooms. There is a suite of rooms, purpose-built for education of pupils with additional support needs. Specialised rooms include computer rooms, technology lab, specialised Graphic Communication room, drama suite, library, Modern Language rooms with audio equipment. There is extensive computer provision throughout the school. Two astroturf sports pitches have been built on the site of the old school building, which was demolished in 2007. These are to be used for both hockey and football. The pitches will be serviced by training floodlights.
The present building is the third Grammar School building in Dunoon. The first was in Hillfoot Street in the town, while the second was built on Ardenslate Road adjacent to where the latest facility is located. The Hillfoot Street premises became Dunoon Primary School when the newer building was built on Ardenslate Road in the 1960s.
The agreed maximun capacity of the school is 1150 pupils. It presently (as of 2009) has around 1030 pupils and somewhere in the region of 70 staff.[1]
Notable former pupils
See also: Category:People educated at Dunoon Grammar School- John Smith - a British politician who served as leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his death.[2]
- George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen - former Labour Party politician and Secretary-General of NATO from 1999-2004.[2]
- Brian Wilson - former Labour Party politician.[3]
- John MacKay, Baron MacKay of Ardbrecknish - Conservative Member of Parliament, Deputy speaker of the House of Lords[3]
- Sylvester McCoy - actor.[2]
- Reverend Donald Caskie - former Church of Scotland Minister in Paris; Also known as the Tartan Pimpernel. Helped an estimated 2,000 Allied Servicemen escape from occupied France during World War II.
References
- ^ Dunoon Grammar School Website
- ^ a b c "Why do some schools produce clusters of celebrities?". BBC News. 6 May 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13112311. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ a b Andrew Roth. "Obituary: Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish | Politics". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2001/feb/22/guardianobituaries.obituaries. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
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Coordinates: 55°57′47″N 4°55′32″W / 55.96306°N 4.92556°W
Categories:- Schools in Argyll and Bute
- Secondary schools in Scotland
- Grammar schools in Scotland
- 1641 establishments in Scotland
- Educational institutions established in the 1640s
- Scotland school stubs
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