Lourdes Secondary School

Lourdes RC Secondary School
Lourdes RC Secondary School
Address
	Kirriemuir Avenue; Glasgow, G52 3DF; Scotland
Coordinates	55°50′38″N 4°20′28″W / 55.844°N 4.341°W
Information
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic
Established	1956
Local authority	Glasgow
Staff	c. 90
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1,462 pupils (2023)
Website	https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/gc/LourdesSecondarySchool/

Lourdes Secondary School, established in 1956, is a school in the south-west of Glasgow which serves a large catchment area, including the communities of Cardonald, Craigton, Crookston, Drumoyne, Govan, Hillington, Ibrox, Kinning Park, Mosspark, Penilee and Pollok.^[1] It has an enrolment of approximately 1,200 pupils and 90 members of staff.

Grounds

The building was designed around a quadrangle, housing collections of shrubbery. Until recently,^[when?] this area featured a large flowerbed imitation of the school crest that was designed and planted by pupils as part of the celebrations for the new millennium.

It consists of one large main building, which was originally designed by Thomas Smith Cordiner^[2] and constructed in the 1950s and with an extension added in the 1970s. The school has over fifty teaching classrooms, with dedicated areas for science, technical, and music/drama. Two astroturf pitches, three gymnasiums, a games hall and a large internal garden area also make up the school grounds. The school underwent extensive refurbishment in 2002, in line with the City Council's Project 2002 programmer of school refurbishments.

Notable former pupils

Harry Conroy (1943–2010), General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists from 1985 to 1990.^[3]
Tommy Sheridan (b. 1964), politician
Dean Keenan (b. 1985), footballer
Brian McBride (b. 1955), vice-president of the Confederation of British Industry
Mhairi Black (b. 1994), politician, the youngest ever Member of Parliament (MP) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since at least the Reform Act of 1832, replacing William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam
Siriki Dembélé (b. 1996), footballer

References

^ Which School Catchment?, Glasgow City Council
^ "About the Architect". About the School. Notre Dame High School. 2008. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
^ Francis Beckett (28 April 2010). "Harry Conroy obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 October 2014.