Coltness High School

Coltness High School
The school building in February 2011
Address
Mossland Drive Wishaw , North Lanarkshire , ML2 8LY Scotland
Information
School type	Secondary
Opened	1966
Authority	North Lanarkshire Council
School number	8339
Headteacher	J McGilp
Teaching staff	56 (as of August 2014)
Gender	Coeducational
Age range	11–18
School roll	780 (as of May 2015)
Houses	Arran, Lewis, Skye
Website	Coltness High School

Coltness High School is a secondary school located in Coltness, the largest suburb of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The school opened in 1966, and as of May 2015 had a roll of 780 pupils. The school serves the catchment area of Coltness and Cambusnethan, as well as settlements outside of Wishaw such as Cleland.

From 2010 the school underwent a series of renovation works to modernise its aging facilities and reduce the likelihood of closure.^[1][2]

Notable alumni

• Eilidh Austin, footballer^[3]
• Andrew Barrowman, footballer
• Derek Holmes, footballer
• Stewart Kerr, footballer
• Scott Leitch, footballer and manager
• Lewis Macleod, footballer^[4]
• David McEwan, footballer
• Lennon Miller, footballer^[4]
• Paul Quinn, footballer
• Catherine Stihler, Scottish MEP and Rector of the University of St Andrews
• David Turnbull, footballer^[4]
• Andrew Wilson, ex-MSP

References

1. Second stage of £26million work gets underway Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, North Lanarkshire Council, Retrieved 28 December 2010
2. Second phase of £25m refurb at Coltness High, Wishaw Press, Retrieved 16 December 2011
3. Thomson, Ross (20 September 2022). "Lanarkshire primary pupils paid a visit by rising Rangers WFC starlet". Daily Record. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
4. Motherwell kid Lennon Miller's dream Scotland debut with England halfway goal, Paul Thomson, Daily Record, 21 August 2021

External links

• Coltness High School
• Coltness High School on Education Scotland

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