Gleniffer High School
| Motto | Believe and you will achieve |
|---|---|
| Established | 1988 |
| Type | State funded school |
| Head Master | David Nicholls |
| Location |
Amochrie Road, Foxbar, Paisley, Renfrewshire Renfrewshire PA2 0AG United Kingdom Coordinates: 55°49′25″N 4°27′32″W / 55.8237°N 4.45879°W |
| Staff | 81 (FTE) |
| Students | 1186 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | 4 |
| Colours | Red, black, and blue |
| Website | www |
Gleniffer High School is a Scottish state school located in Paisley for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. Since 1988, Gleniffer has been located in Paisley's Foxbar district, close to the Gleniffer Braes in the west coast of Scotland, south of Glasgow.
The school serves children from the geographical areas of Foxbar, Glenburn and Lochfield. The school's pupils come from a mix of social and private housing.
With a pupil population of 1,226 as of September 2012, Gleniffer is the third largest of Renfrewshire's 11 state high schools (The largest is Park Mains, with a populous of 1,360).
As of 2010, Gleniffer High was ranked the 128th state school in Scotland, as measured by the percentage of students (11%) achieving five Higher passes. Since this number fell down to 10% for Gleniffer at the 2011 exams, Gleniffer would now be ranked joint 147th on this league.
The school was inspected in 2011/2012. The Education Scotland report cited the school to be "very good" on 5 key quality indicators. It therefore did not achieve the top rank of "outstanding" for any of the inspection criterion.
The Head Teacher, Mr David Nicholls, told the local press he was "absolutely delighted by how positive this report is"; thus fulfilling his self-stated key duty to "promote and protect the school ... [to] ... parents, the media and politicians".
The school is run by a management team headed by the school's third head-master Mr David Nicholls, who posts weekly blogs concerning the school's progress on Gleniffer's website. He was appointed in August 2004, when his predecessor Mr Roddy Gardener retired. Mr Gardener's final academic year as Head was 2003/2004; Mr Nicholls took charge from academic year 2004/2005.
In February 2007, the national press reported that Mr Nicholls had been attacked on school premises by a pupil. The Daily Record wrote:
'A source at Gleniffer High said Mr Nicholls was attacked when he was called in to deal with an argument between the boy and a teacher. The source said: "Things started to get heated and the other pupils were put out of the class. Mr Nicholls dealt with it all exactly by the book but when the boy lashed out at him they had to bring the police in." Another school source said: "Everyone at Gleniffer is horrified by this. It's no wonder this young thug has been banned from setting foot in the school ever again."'
During May 2008, he criticized then Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander for using smear tactics against Gleniffer. During First Minister's Questions, Ms Alexander cited that some Advanced Highers were being cut from the school curriculum. The Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said Ms Alexander's claims were "untrue". The Scotsman newspaper wrote of Mr Nicholl's fury over this matter:
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