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Lochgelly High School is a non-denominational
secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...
located in
Lochgelly Lochgelly ( ; , IPA: ɫ̪ɔxˈʝaɫ̪ai is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is located between Lochs Ore and Gelly to the north-west and south-east respectively. It is separated from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans. According to the ...
,
Fife Fife ( , ; ; ) is a council areas of Scotland, council area and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the s ...
. The school's catchment area covers Lochgelly and the surrounding towns and villages of
Ballingry Ballingry ( or locally or (older) ); , ) is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is near the boundary with Perth and Kinross, north of Lochgelly. It has an estimated population of in . The once separate villages of Ballingry, Lochore, Crosshill, and ...
,
Cardenden Cardenden () is a Scottish town located on the south bank of the River Ore in the parish of Auchterderran, Fife. It is approximately northwest of Kirkcaldy. Cardenden was named in 1848 by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway for its new rail ...
, Crosshill,
Glencraig Glencraig is a very small former mining village in Scotland, situated in the Benarty area of Fife, between Crosshill and Lochgelly. The village's population has decreased significantly since the decline of the coal-mining industry during the 19 ...
and
Lochore Lochore is a former mining village in Fife, Scotland. It takes its name from the nearby Loch Ore. It is largely joined to the adjacent villages of Ballingry to the north and Crosshill to the south. Education Most of the children in Lochore go ...
. The school has more than double the Scottish average number of students entitled to free school meals.


History

Lochgelly High School was built as a joint project between Fife Regional Council and architects, Robert Thomson Fyfe and Joseph Manson. The school opened in 1987. In 2002, the school was awarded with the National Curriculum Award.


References

{{authority control Secondary schools in Fife Educational institutions established in 1987 1987 establishments in Scotland Lochgelly