There are over 80 fully-qualified members of the teaching staff; appropriate support staff are also employed by the Governors.

Staff 2020-2021
TEACHING STAFF
PRINCIPAL
S.W. BLACK
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL
R. ROSS
VICE-PRINCIPALS
AGRICULTURE
ART
Mrs R.A. REID – Head of Department
Mrs G. HALLAM
BIOLOGY
Dr G. PYPER – Head of Department
Mrs C. McCULLOUGH
Mrs C. OAKES – Pastoral Adviser Yr 8
Mrs J. McFARLAND
Mrs C. LOUW
Mrs L. REID
Mrs N. KERR
Miss K. JORDAN
CAREERS DEPARTMENT
Dr A.A. LIVINGSTON – Head of Department
Mrs R. MATCHETT
P.F. REID
J.A. TURTLE
Mrs C. LOUW
Mrs K. WILSON
Miss K. WYLIE – Pastoral Adviser Yr 10
G. PATTERSON – Careers Technician
CHEMISTRY
M.F.R. CHRISTIE – Head of Department
Mrs S.A. MONTEITH
Miss T. BASSETT – Head of Year 14
J. PEDLOW – Junior Science Co-ordinator
P. HASSON
CLASSICS
CONSTRUCTION & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Mrs B. SMYTH – Head of Department
K.MOORE
P.F. REID
A. BLACOE – Pastoral Advisor Yr 11
ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS STUDIES
A. McKAY – Head of Department
A. MOORE – Head of Year 10
Mrs L. CREITH
ENGINEERING
T. HEANEY
J.A. TURTLE
L. BOYD
Miss K. WYLIE – Pastoral Adviser Yr 10
ENGLISH
Mrs R.C. COULTER – Head of English and Media Studies
Mrs J.CRAIG – Head of English Literature
Mrs L. NELSON – Head of Drama
Mrs L.J.HUNTER
Mrs D. MURRAY – Key Stage Three English
Co-ordinator and Literacy Co-ordinator
Mrs. H. BROWNE
Mrs J. ADAM
R. HAYES
Miss R. HAMILTON
Mrs R. MATCHETT
Mrs L. CREITH
Miss K. McGARRY
D. ROSS
P. SCULLION
GEOGRAPHY
Miss G.E. ALLEN – Head of Department
Mrs L. LIGGAT – Pastoral and Learning Support Yr 13
A. BLACOE
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
P. SCULLION – Head of Department
D. ROSS
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
Mrs G. DOUGLAS
Miss E. FORSYTHE – Head of Year 8
Mrs. A. McDONALD
Mrs L. DOHERTY
Miss C. FEATHERSTONE
HISTORY
Mrs S. SHAW – Head of Department
N. PATTERSON – Vice Principal
Mrs L. ROBINSON – Head of Year 11
A. BLACOE
Mrs R. JOHNSTON
Mrs A. HANNAWIN
D.ROSS
HOME ECONOMICS
Mrs G. DOUGLAS – Head of Department
Ms. E. FORSYTHE – Head of Year 8
Mrs A. McDONALD
Mrs L. DOHERTY
MATHEMATICS
J.A. DONNELLY – Head of Department
G. MURRAY – Examinations Officer
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. McKAY
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 – Pastoral Adviser Yr 9
Mrs. A. MARTINEZ-LINARES
K. SIMPSON
Madameoiselle MATHILDE CARPENTIER – 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 Adviser Yr 12
J. ANDREWS
S. JOHNSTON – Head of Year 12
Mrs M. GLASS
Mrs N. McILWAINE
PHYSICS
W. KERR – Head of Department
Dr C.M. DONNELLY – Senior Teacher
Mrs C. SIMPSON – Head of Year 13
Miss K. WYLIE – Pastoral Adviser Yr 10
Miss A. CUDDIHY
Mrs A. McKENDRY
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Miss E. GREER – Head of Department
R. ROSS – Deputy Principal
Mrs N. CHALKLEY
Mrs R. MATCHETT
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 H. JOHNSTON
Mrs A. SINCLAIR
G. PATTERSON
Miss H.WATERSTONE
SCHOOL NURSE
Mrs .L.MCGARRY
SCHOOL MEALS SUPERVISOR
Mrs. H. GORDON
COOKS
Mrs. H. GORDON
G. ROSS
Mrs E. BUTLER
Mrs F. SPEERS
MAINTENANCE OFFICER
K. STOREY
RESOURCES CO-ORDINATOR (COMPUTING)
D.M. CAMPBELL
I.C.T. ASSISTANT
Mrs R. HENRY
P.E. PLACEMENT
S. AGNEW
M. ORR
LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANTS
Mrs E. REID
Ms E. ELLIOTT
Mrs B. LINFORD
Mrs J. LOGAN
Mrs L. SPEIRS
LIBRARIAN/ CAREERS TECHNICIAN
G. PATTERSON
REPROGRAPHIC CLERK
Mrs D. MARTIN
LABORATORY TECHNICIANS
W.WARWICK – Senior Laboratory Technician
N. GORDON
S. WILSON
Mrs P.J. McAULEY
J. ARMSTRONG
JANITOR
D. SWANN
GROUNDS STAFF
M. CARRUTHERS
V. LINTON