St Ninian's RC High School, Kirkintilloch. Rated by Education Scotland Inspectors as 'Excellent' or 'Very Good' in all evaluations. RRS - Gold Accreditation.
Congratulations to former pupil Daniel Kelly on making his debut for Celtic’s first team today and to Rocco Vata on scoring his first goal for the first team. Anthony Ralston, Mikey Johnston and Stephen Welsh make it 5 former pupils on the pitch now.
#perseverance
We are very proud to see two former St Ninian's pupils up against each other in Serie A.
@liam53henderson
for Empoli and Aaron Hickey for Bologna. Making history as the first time two Scots have faced each other in Italy's top league
Delighted to announce our Inspection Report has been published today. Follow the link for the full report ...or see the photograph below for the headlines
#excellent
Celebrating International Women’s Day at the Scottish Parliament. Thank you to
@swcwomen
for having us and allowing us to showcase what we do in St Ninian’s to “Break the Bias”. It was also a pleasure to meet
@NicolaSturgeon
at her last IWD as our First Minister
#IWD2023
So proud of Mr McLaughlin and Mr Gray. Not winners on this occasion at the
#tesawards
but the only Scottish finalists in their categories. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists
#proud
#community
Tough day today with the news about the exams. Our pupils, however, have been amazing as usual. We will meet tomorrow to discuss any further support we can provide for pupils. Meantime our S6 pupils will celebrate their last day at school. Emotional day ahead!
Some of our sixth years are coordinating a community response effort. Please see below for details. If you can assist or are in need of some support please get in touch.
#service
What a fantastic way to end a busy term. We were delighted in joining our community in celebrating the achievements of our young people. Thanks to our special guests from
@CelticFCAcademy
,
@AmyCallaghanSNP
, Fr Toner & Canon Tartaglia &
@CelticFC
manager Ange Postecoglou
Excited to be the only Scottish nomination for Secondary School of the Year at the TES awards 2018. We'll be heading down to London on 22nd June so fingers crossed
@TESScotland
@tes
#tesawards10
Many congratulations to our office staff on winning the team award at the EDC Employee Recognition Awards today. Fantastic recognition for the amazing work they do every day supporting our pupils and staff - and always with a smile😀😀😀. Hopefully they’re all celebrating tonight
We return home without being winners this time round but we were inspired by the fantastic stories tonight. So many who make a real difference to young people and a fantastic way to celebrate amazing achievements. We'll done to all the award winners
#tesawards10
#corevalues
Congratulations to our Head Girl, Monica, who I has been announced as a finalist in the British Education Awards
#BEA2018
We are very proud of your achievements! Well done and good luck!
#CoreValues
#Focus
#Service
It was with great sadness, heartfelt thanks, endless praise and best wishes for the future that we say goodbye to our long-standing headteacher - Mr Paul McLaughlin. Mr McLaughlin has inspired thousands of young people and hundreds of teachers to be the person they are today.
In the midst of such a dreadful situation it was fantastic to be able to say our farewells to our amazing S6 pupils today and to see so many happy, if emotional, faces. Thank you for everything. We’ll definitely try and get your prom organised when all this is over. Take care.
We are incredibly proud to have 3 former pupils in the starting line up for the opening game of the
@EURO2024
tonight. Congratulations to Kieran Tierney, Anthony Ralston and Jack Hendry!
#Perseverance
We are delighted to be able to donate £2300 to
@Beatson_Charity
. Our school community have put in a massive effort over a number of events which culminated in our Cycle to Calcutta event. A massive thank you to all of our pupils & their families for their donations
What an amazing afternoon! Thank you to our special guest
@charlie_mulgrew
for his inspirational speech, Father Hannah and, of course all our junior award winners and their supportive families.
All pupils have arrived in NYC and are checked in to the hotel. Everyone is busy unpacking before we head out to the hard rock cafe and then up to the top of the Empire State Building
#stniniansdoNYC
As we prepare to return to school following our Easter break, we would like to wish Mr McEwan good luck as he prepares for his first day as Head Teacher
@AlvaAcademy
tomorrow.
#DontBeAStranger
#AllTheBest
On the day of our fantastic Inspection Report being released and to celebrate 100 years of Catholic Education our friends at Sancta Familia Media put together a short film to show what makes St Ninian's...St Ninian's
Delighted to announce that Mr McKean - Principal Teacher in our
@StNiniansLCR
- has been named as a finalist in the
#ScottishEducationAwards
Well done Mr McKean and thanks for all that you do for our school!
We made it! Today saw the
#perseverance
of countless members of our school community pay off as we completed our final leg of our virtual cycle to Calcutta. The support of the school for those undertaking this final stint was amazing.
@Beatson_Charity
#StTeresaofCalcutta
#values
What a celebration of our Catholic schools this evening in our
@ArchdiocGlasgow
We are very proud of our pupils who provided the music during the Mass - it was simply amazing!! A huge thank you as well to all those who came to represent our school.
#service
#values
#creativity
Good luck to Mr Taylor who takes up his new post as Head Teacher
@stbenedictsren
and to Mr McKean PT PE
@StLukesHigh
We wish you well and hope you keep in touch! And to Mary, we hope you enjoy a well deserved long lie tomorrow and have a great retirement - you'll be missed
1 of 2... To our S6 Superstars. You were asked to make a difference - you did! You were asked to show love in everything you do - you did! You were asked to be of service to our community and everyone you meet - you did and continue to do so! You deserve a proper send off...
Former pupil Brendan Reid has achieved a first class honours degree in History, Politics and International Relations from The University of Strathclyde. Congratulations Brendan!
Mrs Boyle was incredibly proud to witness so many of our former pupils giving of their time and being of service to the sick pilgrims of Glasgow as part of the Archdiocesian Pilgrimage to Lourdes this week. They were supported well by Fr Toner.
@ArchdiocGlasgow
@HFSNChurch
We are delighted to have made the shortlist for this year's UK-wide
@tes
awards for Secondary School of the year. The awards ceremony will take place in Park Lane, London on the 21st June
@TesScotland
Fantastic news - St Ninian's is represented in not one but two categories in this year's
#tesawards
Mr Gray as School Business manager of the Year and Mr McLaughlin as Head Teacher of the year!
#Service
#community
First full week back completed. It’s been great. Thanks to all our pupils for the way they’ve dealt with our new way of working. Have an amazing weekend!
We’ve made it to the holidays! Thanks to the whole school community for everything we’ve achieved this year. We’d like to wish everyone a peaceful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
#values
To all those waiting on results tomorrow, we hope that your efforts are rewarded. Sleep well and let's remember also that the certificate only shows one aspect of your development and growth from this past year.
Thank you
@MrMcEnaney
that's very kind of you. We look forward getting it into
@snhs_library
. Oh and I'm sure you weren't that bad! We love an inquiring mind and a desire to challenge the status quo. Good luck with the book.
I may not always have been the best pupil (particular in S6) but I wouldn't be writing books about schools if my own school hadn't done a half-decent job with me, so it seemed appropriate to hand in a copy of my new book. Thanks
@stninianshs
As school breaks for the summer holidays we would like to thank all pupils and their families for everything they do to make our school such a fantastic place. Hope everyone has a great summer!
2 of 2 ...you will get it! We have provisionally moved your prom to 3rd Sept, before you start Uni/college etc. We hope we are able to get together to celebrate everything you have done for the school. Remember - go and be the change you want to see in the world!
#values
#service
Thanks to all our staff and pupils for making this week special. It was brilliant to see everyone again and the way our pupils settled into new routines has been fantastic. Hope everyone has a great weekend.
We are incredibly proud to have a number of former pupils named in Scotland’s provisional squad for
@EURO2024
. Congratulations Jack, Ben, Anthony and Kieran! We hope you all make the final squad.
@ScottishFA
Tonight would have been our Leavers Mass if things had been different. Always a highlight of our school year. We definitely want to go ahead and organise this when things are back to “normal”. We are thinking of you all. Hope you are all remaining positive about your future.
What a fantastic effort from everyone connected with our school this week. Well done and thank you for everything you’ve achieved.
#focus
#creativity
#perseverance
We were delighted to meet Mrs Quigley this afternoon. As a former pupil and Dux of 1944, she was thrilled to see that our original boards have pride of place in our assembly hall and her family could see her name proudly displayed. Here she is with our current Duces.
Wow - absolutely fantastic performance from the pupils of
@HFKirkintilloch
! Superstars in the making. Delighted especially to welcome the P7s to our school in August.
#BlastFromThePast
Thank you to everyone who took part in our Rich Man Poor Man lunch today. You raised a fantastic £300...special mention to Mr Sheerin who after 8 years of trying finally found a Rich Man ticket
Today, Mr McLaughlin was presented with the Early Day Motion celebrating his career and achievements. He joined Higher Politics and told them a bit about his career and how this motion was put forward before he announced his retirement!
Congratulations to all our pupils on your exam results yesterday. Hopefully you got the grades you were looking for. And if not, you can come back this year to put things right. Well done also to all our teachers and support staff for all your hard work.
#perseverance
Today we said goodbye to our amazing S6. It has been a pleasure to have you as part of our school community and we wish you all the best in the future. Never be strangers!
Well done and thank you to all of our pupils for a fantastic first day! Attitude was great and uniform was impeccable! Who's off for an early night tonight? 💤
Welcome back everyone! You may notice some slight changes around the place as we begin our 150th anniversary.
There will be several events taking place over the course of the year, beginning with our mass, this week.
Introducing our new Junior Captaincy Team.
Head Girl - Marion, Head Boy - Liam.
St John Ogilvie Captains - Lewis & Anna.
St Mother Teresa Captains - Shannon & Leon.
St Mungo Captains- Thomas & Shelby.
St Andrew Captains - Lana & Daniel.
St Margaret Captains - Maria & Jack.
What a fantastic Feast Day celebration we had today. Thanks to Fr Hannah for a lovely Mass in the church and a special thanks to our Music department and all staff and pupils for their contribution to our amazing online talent show. We didn’t let the pandemic ruin St Ninian’s Day
Now that we have reached the end of term a big thank you to all our pupils and parents/carers for their efforts over the last 3 months. Our teachers and support staff have worked so hard and are having a break. We will be in touch over the summer about arrangements for August.
Six years of experiencing, learning and having fun has come to an end.
Seeing our S6 leave for the last time today was a reminder of the amazing people who are entering the world of further education and work.
We know that whatever you are going to do, you’ll all be amazing!
An emotional few days for our staff, pupils and community as we said goodbye and good luck to
@DavidKillin
as he takes up his new post as HT of
@StStephensHS
A massive well done to all of our S3 candidates who took part in our Junior Captaincy interviews today. You all did yourselves and our community proud. After much discussion we are proud to announce the following students as our Junior Captains for 2020-2021
#service
Very proud of our school's achievement. A real team effort over a number of years from our RRS group. One of the very few secondary schools in Scotland to achieve Gold status.
Eva displayed her Mandarin skills today by introducing East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire School pupils and staff to the Leaders and President of NO. 42 High School.
#languageandculture
#perseverance
#china2019
#CISS
All staff have been very busy getting the school ready for our students. A reminder that S1-S4 students should arrive for an 8.45am start with S5/6 pupils arriving for a 1.10pm start. See you tomorrow.
As we begin our well deserved holiday, thanks to all our pupils for your efforts so far this year. You’ve been great. Thanks also to our parents who remain so supportive of our school through these challenging times. We hope you have a fantastic October break.