Gourock High School was a non-denominational

comprehensive school A comprehensive school is a secondary school for pupils aged 11–16 or 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is restricted on the basis ...

catering for boys and girls, 11–18 years of age, in

Gourock Gourock ( ; ) is a town in the Inverclyde council areas of Scotland, council area and formerly a burgh of the County of Renfrew in the west of Scotland. It was a resort town, seaside resort on the East shore of the upper Firth of Clyde. Its ma ...

Renfrewshire Renfrewshire () (; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. Renfrewshire is located in the west central Lowlands. It borders East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire and West Dunbartonshire, and lies on the southern ba ...

, Scotland. The school taught around 630 pupils. The school motto was ''Honor Diligentiae Praemium'', which means "The reward for hard work is renown". Willie Todd had been

headteacher A headmaster/headmistress, head teacher, head, school administrator, principal or school director (sometimes another title is used) is the staff member of a school with the greatest responsibility for the management of the school. Role While s ...

since February 2008. The school was ranked 22nd in a listing of the top 50 secondary schools in Scotland in 2005.

History

The original school was founded in 1909, and comprised separate primary school and larger secondary school buildings, both located on Binnie Street, Gourock. Robert Fulton, who had previously been head master of the Eastern School, was brought in to be the head master of the newly formed Gourock High School. In 1963, the secondary school moved to Tower Hill where it provided first to fourth years (junior) secondary education under the care of Head Master William Russell. The (previously secondary school) building thus evacuated in Binnie Street was renamed and became the Gourock Primary School which continued to feed pupils completing primary into the new Gourock High. Pupils wishing to continue to fifth and sixth years of (senior) secondary progressed into the Greenock High School, initially in Dunlop Street Greenock, later relocated to a new building in Kip Valley. Gourock High School closed in 2011, when it and

Greenock Academy The Greenock Academy was a mixed non-denominational school in the west end of Greenock, Scotland. It was founded in 1855 and was originally independent, later a grammar school with a primary department, and finally a Comprehensive school only fo ...

merged in a new school in the Bayhill area of Gourock. The new school, on the site previously occupied by

St Columba's High School, Gourock St Columba's High School is a co-educational six-year Roman Catholic, comprehensive secondary school, located next to Tower Hill Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland. The school serves south west Greenock, Gourock, Inverkip and Wemyss Bay. The curren ...

, is known as

Clydeview Academy Clydeview Academy is a non-denominational secondary school situated in Gourock, Inverclyde. It was founded in 2011 and opened to pupils on 17 August 2011. The first head teacher of the school was William Todd. The school is a modern merger of tw ...

References

External links

Gourock High School's page on Scottish Schools Online
{{authority control Defunct secondary schools in Inverclyde Gourock 1909 establishments in Scotland Educational institutions disestablished in 2011 2011 disestablishments in Scotland Educational institutions established in 1909