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'{{About|comprehensive school in Gourock|other schools named St Columba's School|St. Columba's School (disambiguation){{!}}St. Columba's School}} {{Multiple issues| {{update|date=March 2015}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2009}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox school | name = St. Columba's High School | established = 16 June 1933 | motto = | type = Comprehensive secondary | religious_affiliation = | head_label = | head = Kieran Bond | address = Fletcher Avenue | city = [[Gourock]] | county = [[Renfrewshire]] | country = Scotland | postcode = Big Jacks House | local_authority = [[Inverclyde]] | staff = | enrolment = 682 | gender = Co-ed | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18 | houses = | colours = Blue, black <br/> {{colour box|#5882FA}}{{colour box|Blue}} | publication = | free_label_1 = | free_1 = | free_label_2 = | free_2 = | free_label_3 = | free_3 = | website = {{url|http://st-columbashigh.inverclyde.sch.uk}} }} '''St Columba's High School''' is a [[co-educational]] six-year [[Roman Catholic]], [[comprehensive school|comprehensive]] [[secondary school]], located next to Tower Hill [[Gourock]], [[Inverclyde]], Scotland. The school serves south west Greenock, Gourock, Inverkip and Wemyss Bay. The current enrolment (2018) is 682 pupils. The school won the Platinum Award in Enterprise Inverclyde Standards and Quality Report 2005/2006.<ref name="Inverclyde">{{cite web|url=http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/GetAsset.aspx?id=fAAxADMAOQA3AHwAfABGAGEAbABzAGUAfAB8ADAAfAA1|title=Standards and Quality Report 2005/2006|accessdate=20 December 2009}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The school also received top marks from the last visit by [[Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education]].<ref>[http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/inspection/8645434StColumbasHS.pdf ]{{dead link|date=May 2016}}</ref> It is also the first school in Inverclyde to receive Charter Mark status, for providing outstanding customer service.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/news/2007/oct/celebration-first-inverclyde-school-achieve-charte/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-12-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120804081909/http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/news/2007/oct/celebration-first-inverclyde-school-achieve-charte/ |archive-date=2012-08-04 |df= }}</ref> ==History== The original school dates back to 1909. However St. Columba's in its current form was officially opened by Archbishop [[Donald Mackintosh (archbishop)|Donald Mackintosh]] of Glasgow, on 16 June 1933. It only took 1 year and 3 days from the initial foundation work to the official opening, and cost £50,000 including roads and fittings. The school was originally located on Peat Road, [[Greenock]] and moved to the Bayhill area of [[Gourock]] in 1971. In 2009, the school temporarily returned to Greenock where it occupied the former Greenock High School building.<ref name=":0">[http://st-columbashigh.inverclyde.sch.uk/school-info/ School Information]</ref> The school has been located in the Tower Hill area of Gourock since 2013, in the former [[Gourock High School]] building, which was extensively refurbished for the school's use. The refurbishments cost $6m.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mclh.co.uk/media-centre/news/st-columba-s-high-school-gourock-successfully-completed/|title=St Columba’s High School, Gourock, successfully completed|website=www.mclh.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-02-05}}</ref> ==Campus== The main teaching block is a refurbished 1960s building which has been extended to provide facilities for wood- and metalwork classes, as well as those for ICT. The campus also includes [[gym]]nasia and fitness suites in its PE department. There are [[football pitch]]es towards the back of the school building, and the building also contains a refurbished library.<ref name=":0" /> ==Associated primary schools== * St Andrews Primary School, [[Greenock]] * St Joseph's Primary School, Greenock * St Ninian's Primary School, Gourock Although not officially feeder schools, St. Columba's also receives some pupils from non-denominational schools within their catchment area, such as:<ref>[http://st-columbashigh.inverclyde.sch.uk/school-info/associated-primary-schools/ Associated Primary Schools]</ref> * Wemyss Bay Primary School, [[Wemyss Bay]] * Inverkip Primary School, [[Inverkip]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://st-columbashigh.inverclyde.sch.uk/ School Website] *[[Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education|HMIE]] Inspection [https://web.archive.org/web/20130706035302/http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/inspectionandreview/reports/school/primsec/StColumbasHighSchoolInverclyde.asp Reports] {{Coord|55|57|7|N|4|48|0|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title}} <!-- Bayhill site --> {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Columba's Gourock}} [[Category:Catholic secondary schools in Inverclyde]] [[Category:1933 establishments in Scotland]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1933]]'