There are over 80 fully-qualified members of the teaching staff; appropriate support staff are also employed by the Governors.
Staff 2024-2025
TEACHING STAFF
PRINCIPAL
S.W. BLACK
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL
R. ROSS
VICE-PRINCIPALS
AGRICULTURE
Dr. G. PYPER
ART
Mrs R.A. REID – Head of Department
Mrs G. HALLAM – Pastoral and Learning Support Year 13
BIOLOGY
Dr G. PYPER – Head of Department and Senior Teacher
Mrs C. McCULLOUGH
Mrs C. OAKES – Head of Year 14
Mrs J. McFARLAND
Mrs C. LOUW
Miss L. CLOTWORTHY
Mrs N. KERR
Miss T. COULTER
CAREERS DEPARTMENT
D. ROSS – Head of Department
Mrs R. MATCHETT
P.F. REID
J.A. TURTLE
Mrs C. LOUW
Mrs K. WILSON
Miss K. WYLIE – Pastoral Advisor Year 12
Miss A. DOYLE – Pastoral Advisor Year 9
Mrs G. HALLAM – Pastoral and Learning Support Year 13
Mrs C. HARRIS – Pastoral and Learning Support Year 14
G. PATTERSON – Careers Technician
CHEMISTRY
M.F.R. CHRISTIE – Head of Department
Mrs S.A. MONTEITH
Miss T. BASSETT
J. PEDLOW
Miss T. COULTER
CLASSICS
CONSTRUCTION & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY/ICT
L. GOURLEY – Head of Department
K.MOORE
A. BLACOE – Pastoral Advisor Year 8
D. McCLELLAND
M. CORR
DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS
Miss D. Reynolds – Head of Department
ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS STUDIES
D. BALDWIN – Head of Department
A. MOORE – Head of Year 10
M. CORR
Mrs L. CREITH – Career Break
A. McKAY – Career Break
ENGINEERING
T. HEANEY
J.A. TURTLE
Miss K. WYLIE – Pastoral Advisor Yr 12
ENGLISH
Mrs J.CRAIG – Head of English and English Literature
Mrs R.C. COULTER – Head of Media Studies
Mrs L. NELSON
Mrs L.J.HUNTER
Mrs D. MURRAY
Mrs. A. DOUGLAS
Mrs J. ADAM
R. HAYES
Miss R. HAMILTON
Mrs R. MATCHETT
D. ROSS
P. SCULLION
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
M. WALKER
GEOGRAPHY
Miss G.E. ALLEN – Head of Department
Mrs L. LIGGAT – Pastoral Advisor Year 11
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
P. SCULLION – Head of Department
D. ROSS
A. MUNCE – Examinations Officer
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
Mrs G. DOUGLAS
Miss E. FORSYTHE – Head of Year 8
Mrs. A. McDONALD
Mrs L. DOHERTY
Miss C. FEATHERSTONE
Miss A. DOYLE – Pastoral Advisor Year 9
HISTORY
Mrs S. SHAW – Head of Department
N. PATTERSON – Vice Principal
Mrs L. ROBINSON – Head of Year 9
A. BLACOE
Mrs R. JOHNSTON
Mrs A. HANNAWIN
D.ROSS
HOME ECONOMICS
Mrs G. DOUGLAS – Head of Department and Senior Teacher
Ms. E. FORSYTHE – Head of Year 8
Mrs A. McDONALD
Mrs L. DOHERTY
MATHEMATICS
J.A. DONNELLY – Head of Department
G. MURRAY
T.M. McLEISTER – Head of Sixth Form, Vice Principal
D. HUSTON
Mrs A. McCARRY
Dr A.A. LIVINGSTON
Mrs C.HARRIS – Pastoral and Learning Support Yr 14
Mrs E. BORTHWICK
T. BELL
A. MUNCE
Miss A. WILKINSON
MODERN LANGUAGES
Mrs. R. McVEA – Head of French
Mrs R. HAMILL – Head of Spanish
Mrs K. McCANN – Head of German
Miss C.E. McALLISTER – Head of Year 11
Mrs E. STEVENSON
Miss C. FEATHERSTONE
A. MUNCE – Examinations Officer
Mrs. A. MARTINEZ-LINARES
E. MARIN – French Assistant
Mrs CONNIE CONDREN – German Assistant
Ms M SERRANO – Spanish Assistant
MUSIC
Mrs E. CHURCH – Head of Department
B. THOMPSON
Miss A. WILKINSON
OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES
T. HEANEY
P. REID
S. JOHNSTON – Head of Year 12
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Miss D. McNEILL – Head of Department
Mrs N. TAGGART – Pastoral Advisor Year 10
J. NICHOLL
S. JOHNSTON – Head of Year 12
D. McCLELLAND
Mrs M. GLASS
PHYSICS
W. KERR – Head of Department
Dr C.M. DONNELLY – Senior Teacher
Mrs C. SIMPSON – Head of Year 13
Miss K. WYLIE – Pastoral Advisor Yr 12
Miss E. HERON
Mrs A. McKENDRY – Career Break
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Miss E. GREER – Head of Department
R. ROSS – Deputy Principal
Mrs R. MATCHETT
Miss L. ROSS
Mrs E. CHURCH
B. THOMPSON
Miss A. WILKINSON
TECHNOLOGY
J.A. TURTLE – Head of Department
P.F. REID
SUPPORT STAFF
HEADMASTER’S SECRETARY
Miss M.W. BROWN
SENIOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Mrs R. McKAY
CLERICAL OFFICERS
Mrs J. BARR
Mrs D. McBURNEY
Mrs J. MILLAR
Mrs R. McGLONE
Mrs P. MURPHY
G. PATTERSON
MAINTENANCE OFFICER
P. McCULLOUGH
RESOURCES CO-ORDINATOR (COMPUTING)
J. ARMSTRONG
LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANTS
Mrs J. LOGAN
Ms L. SPEIRS
P. CONNOR
MRS L. CALDERWOOD
MRS S. LOWRY
MRS T. MONTGOMERY
Ms M. GORMLEY
G. HARPUR
A. CHURCH
A. LAMONT
Mrs J. GREGG
Miss C. ROBINSON
LIBRARIAN/ CAREERS TECHNICIAN
G. PATTERSON
REPROGRAPHIC CLERK
Mrs S. DONNELLY
LABORATORY TECHNICIANS
Mrs R. GREEN
J. NEVIN
Mrs J. McMASTER
Mrs C. WITHERSPOON
SCHOOL NURSE
Mrs J. GURNEY
SCHOOL MEALS SUPERVISOR
Mrs. R. BOYD
COOKS
Mrs. R. BOYD
Mrs F. SPEERS
Miss R. TEMPLETON
Miss A. KHALIFA
Mrs. C. LORIMER
Mrs. S. LOGAN
Mrs. A. PERRY
Mrs. J. McALLISTER
Mrs. L. SMALL
Mrs. D. LYNESS
Ms. L. REA
Miss S. BYRNE
Mrs. D. McNEILL
Ms. L. BENNETT
Ms. I. NICHOLL
Mrs. M. LIVINGSTONE
Mrs. D. GAMBLE
Mrs. C. McALEESE
Miss L. COTTER
Miss J. FERGUSON
JANITOR
D. SWANN
GROUNDS STAFF
M. CARRUTHERS
V. LINTON
P.E. PLACEMENT
Miss K. LOUGHINS
A. MONTGOMERY
H.E. PLACEMENT
Miss S. MURPHY