Woodmill High School

Woodmill High School is a local authority run High School in Dunfermline, Scotland. It is one of four High Schools in the town.

The school opened in 1958, to serve the expanding estates of Abbeyview, Touch and Garvock. The name Woodmill comes from the former purpose of the land it was built on. It was initially a Secondary School, but was upgraded to full High School status in 1968. Woodmill is also the designated High School for children from the coastal villages of North Queensferry, Limekilns and Charlestown.

Woodmill has the smallest number of pupils of any of the local High Schools, and as a result has one of the smallest teacher-to-pupil ratios in Fife. Despite its relatively small size, Woodmill has built itself a reputation for punching above its weight, and has achieved great success in recent years, especially in technological and engineering competitions. The school basketball team has also enjoyed great success, and won the Scottish Schools Cup twice during the 1990s.

Woodmill's most famous alumna is the singer and actress Barbara Dickson, who attended the school in the early 1960s. She famously dedicated her debut album to one of her former music teachers at the school, who apparently claimed she "was not the best singer in the class but certainly the loudest".

Iain Mackie, the former Olympic and Commonwealth 100 metre sprinter, also attended Woodmill.

Woodmill also has a long tradition of pupils going on to join the military. Sadly, the school has recently had to deal with losing one these former pupils. Stuart Gray an NCO in the Black Watch, was killed whilst serving in Iraq in November 2004.

See also

• Category:People educated at Woodmill High School

External links

• Woodmill High School
• Woodmill High School on Fifedirect
• Earlier web site
• Woodmill High School's page on Scottish Schools Online

Coordinates: 56°04′13″N 3°25′34″W / 56.0704°N 3.4260°W / 56.0704; -3.4260

Eggo,who attended the school in the early 70s is another famous pupil.As the infamous Hearts fan,caught out in 1986 in tears as his beloved side failed to clinch the tile. His appearances on TV all over the world,made him a mini celeb for a while. Indeed he still appears in the newspapers now and again when his team are doing well.