| Dunoon Grammar School | | | | Established | 1641 | | School type | Comprehensive Secondary | | Head Teacher | Mr. J. Rhodes | | Location | Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland | | Students | 1030 approx. | | Teaching staff | 60 approx. | | Website | Dunoon Grammar Official Site | Dunoon Grammar School is a secondary school in Dunoon, Argyll in Scotland. It has a long and proud history of over 350 years and boasts many well-known former pupils. Dunoon, looking North from the Castle hill with the old Victorian pier to the right and The Queens Hall on the left The Holy Loch seen across the Firth of Clyde with Dunoon on the left The PS Waverley leaves Dunoon Pier, to sail up the Firth of Clyde. ...
Argyll, archaically Argyle (Airthir-Ghaidheal in Gaelic, translated as [the] East Gael, or [the] East Irish), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a traditional county of Scotland. ...
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Dunoon, looking North from the Castle hill with the old Victorian pier to the right and The Queens Hall on the left The Holy Loch seen across the Firth of Clyde with Dunoon on the left The PS Waverley leaves Dunoon Pier, to sail up the Firth of Clyde. ...
Argyll, archaically Argyle (Airthir-Ghaidheal in Gaelic, translated as [the] East Gael, or [the] East Irish), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a traditional county of Scotland. ...
Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity(English) Wha daur meddle wi me? (Scots)[1] Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots[2] Government - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification - by Kenneth I...
It is a non-denominational comprehensive school which covers all stages from S1 to S6 (ages 12-18). A non-denominational church (usually Christian) is a religious organization which does not necessarily align its mission and teachings to an established denomination. ...
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The school grounds are located on Ardenslate Road and the present building consists of two main teaching blocks with two gymnasia, a games hall and an assembly hall. There is, in addition, a technical block and music rooms. In the main building there is a suite of rooms, purpose built for education of pupils with additional support needs. Specialised rooms within the main block include 4 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. Look up Gymnasium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
The agreed pupil capacity of the school is 1150. It presently (2006) has around 1030 pupils and somewhere in the region of 70 staff. The school has two all weather pitches which can be used for both hockey and football. These pitches are serviced by training floodlights. Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ...
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A brand new school is presently under construction in front of the existing building, on the site of the two sports pitches. This state of the art facility is expected to be completed by Summer 2007.
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