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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 | image = St Columba's High School - geograph.org.uk - 3757033.jpg | established = 16 June 1933 | motto = | type = Comprehensive secondary | religious_affiliation = | head_label = | head = Nicola Devine | address = Fletcher Avenue | city = Gourock | county = Renfrewshire | country = Scotland | postcode = | 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, with notable alumni including current MSYP for [[Inverclyde]], Matthew Quinn. 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=Inverclyde Council • Charter Mark school celebrates |access-date=2009-12-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804081909/http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/news/2007/oct/celebration-first-inverclyde-school-achieve-charte/ |archive-date=2012-08-04 }}</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. Construction of the building, which was located on Peat Road in [[Greenock]], took only 1 year and 3 days from the initial foundation work to the official opening, having cost £50,000 including roads and fittings. The school moved to a new building in 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> while the former [[Gourock High School]] building on Fletcher Avenue in Gourock was being refurbished as a permanent home for St Columba's. The refurbished school at Tower Hill opened in 2013, the refurbishment having 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> {{clear|left}} ==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" /> {{clear|left}} ==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]] ==Notable alumni== * [[Martin Compston]] (b. 1984) - actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Compston: Plucked to stardom from a school corridor |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-60707536 |website=BBC News |access-date=12 March 2022 |date=12 March 2022}}</ref> * Matthew Quinn (b. 2006) - current MSYP for Inverclyde ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} *[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]] [[Category:Gourock]] [[Category:Greenock]]'