Hillpark Secondary School

Àrd-sgoil Chnoc na Pàirce (Scottish Gaelic)
Hullpairk Secondary (Scots)

Address

36 Cairngorm Road

Glasgow, Lanarkshire

Scotland

Information

School type

State Funded Secondary, (11-18)

Motto

"Integer Vitae"
(Blameless in Life)

Established

14 December 1967

Headmistress

Geraldine Collins

Gender

Coeducational

Enrolment

1057 (April 2022)

Average class size

30–1 or 20–1

Houses

Cairngorm
Pentland
Nevis
Merrick
Lomond
Jura

Colour(s)

Junior Tie

Senior Tie

COVID-19 cases

360 (April 2022)

Website

http://www.hillpark-sec.glasgow.sch.uk

Hillpark Secondary School (Scottish Gaelic: Àrd-sgoil Chnoc na Pàirce [aːɾʲt̪skɔl xnɔkʲ na pʰaːɾʲç], Scots: Hullpairk Secondary)^[1] is a non-denominational secondary school located at 36 Cairngorm Road in the south side of Glasgow, Scotland.

The school is one of 38 secondary schools in the Glasgow City Council area,^[2] and is named after the area in which the school is situated.

History

Hillpark was created from the merger of two schools, Sir John Maxwell Secondary School and Strathbungo Secondary School. The building opened in 1967.^[3]

From 1987 to 2006, Hillpark had a Gaelic unit providing Gaelic medium education to pupils. This existed until the opening of the Glasgow Gaelic School.^[4]^[5]

In 2009, Hillpark was named as the most violent school in Scotland due to 120 exclusions in the previous year for physical assault against staff and amongst pupils,^[6] in addition to the carrying of weapons.^[7]

According to the SFC, only 10% of university applications from Hillpark pupils are accepted.^[8]

Facilities

The school has a swimming pool, fitness suite, football pitch, games hall, library and a drama studio. There are also eight computer labs.

A significant feature of the school is the Autism Unit, also known as the Language and Communication Resource (LCR).^[9] Pupils identified as having an autism spectrum disorder are predominantly taught within mainstream classes with the support of LCR staff.^[10]