John Ogilvie High School

Infobox Secondary School
name = John Ogilvie High School
motto = "Fidelis Ad Finem"
address = John Ogilvie High School, Farm Road, Burnbank, ML3 9LA
city = Hamilton
state = South Lanarkshire
country = Scotland
campus = Burnbank, Hamilton
type = 6-Year Comprehensive
headmaster = Mr E. Morrison
students = 962
website = [http://www.johnogilvie.s-lanark.sch.uk]
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John Ogilvie High School is a Roman Catholic secondery state school located in the Burnbank area of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Bus Crash

On Friday the 4th of June 2004 more than 200 students and about 10 of staff were travelling to Lightwater Valley theme park when they were involved in the accident at East Layton, near Scotch Corner. In total 54 children were injured in the crash, but not seriously and three children had been kept in hospital overnight while 158 others arrived home late on Friday. The collision happened when a van turned right into the car park of the Fox Hall Inn. All the other vehicles behind, including the petrol tanker, slowed down but the coach at the rear did not. It smashed into the coach immediately in front causing the pile-up. Eight ambulances and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance attended the scene as police closed the road in both directions. Students from Coltness High School in Wishaw where also involved with the crash. This event has lead the school into not taking children on school trips into England.

Rebuilding Of The School

South Lanarkshire council announced on the 22nd of August 2005 that it had gained planning permission to completely rebuild John Ogilvie, as well as rebulding several other high schools in the area, as part of a multi-million pound deal to modernise schools in the area. [http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/portal/page/portal/EXTERNAL_WEBSITE_DEVELOPMENT/SLC_ONLINE_HOME/SLC_NEWS/NEWS_STORY?content_id=5439] The new school is expected to be opened in time for the beginning of the 2008 school year.

[http://www.johnogilvie.s-lanark.sch.uk/images/Aerial-April-07.jpg]

Controversy

The school was involved in March 2007 in a contervesial row over the standard of teaching given to some students. [ [http://iclanarkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/hamiltonadvertiser/news/tm_headline=nicola-films-class-after-her-parents-snap-over-report%26method=full%26objectid=18826238%26siteid=50144-name_page.html icLanarkshire - Nicola films class after her parents snap over report ] ] A complaint was made by parents to the school's headmistress about the attitude one particular teacher gave to a class of students, and video evidence obtained from a mobile phone from one of the involved pupils was used to show an example of the unruly behaviour apparently taking place in this class. This was used by media outlets to show an example of how standards in Scotland's education system were poor. However since these allegations were made several members of the public, including parents and former pupils at the school have come forward to support the headmistress and staff of the school. Since this incident the school has tightened it's rules on mobile phones in school grounds banning them completely.

References

External links

* [http://www.johnogilvie.s-lanark.sch.uk/ School Website]
* [http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/portal/page/portal/EXTERNAL_WEBSITE_DEVELOPMENT/SLC_ONLINE_HOME/EDUCATION_LIBRARIES/ED_FACILITIES?CONTENT_ID=649 South Lanarkshire Council Website]
* [http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/johnogilviehighschoolsouthlanarkshire.asp John Ogilvie High School's page on Scottish Schools Online]