St Ambrose High

The extension accommodates the music, history, modern studies, languages, art and design, computing and learning support departments. It also accommodates an oratory, one conference room, offices for guidance staff and administrative offices. The school has a games hall, two gyms and is also fortunate in being situated opposite Drumpellier Park with rugby and football pitches constantly available. Use is also made of Coatbridge indoor centre and in the summer months the Coatbridge outdoor centre is also used.

The school and its pupils are extremely fortunate to have so many members of staff who are prepared to take on additional work in supporting a wide range of activities which are vital in their contribution to the well being of the school and the enjoyment and development of the pupils. School outings related to the curriculum, for example geographical field trips, visits to theatres, industrial visits, historical site expeditions etc. take place regularly. School holidays, both in Britain and abroad, are regular events. The school has football teams at all stages and there is regular success in terms of winning trophies and individuals gaining representative honours. Netball, badminton, volleyball and swimming are also established and we are now able to add cricket to the list. Rugby has become very popular among boys and girls and the strong tradition in athletics, particularly in cross-country running, has been maintained.

The school regularly participates in debating and chess activities while the long tradition of school shows continues to gain strength ably assisted by the orchestra. The school is also very committed to assisting the local and wider community needs. There are regular collections for charity and every year major efforts are made, at appropriate times in the session, to raise money which benefits SCIAF and a number of other worthy causes. It is most encouraging to see the amount of staff-pupil co-operation that is generated by these extra curricular activities and the school looks forward to their continuation and expansion.

Throughout pupils' school careers parents are encouraged to keep in close contact with the school. Parents need not wait until the school contacts them regarding their child's progress. It is hoped that parents will feel at ease to get in touch with the school when they have concerns about their child's progress or welfare. The school encourages links with parents through a regular parental newsletter, pupil activities, pupil reports, parents' information and reporting meetings and a variety of other written and personal contacts.

Pupils from the primary schools listed below will normally enrol at St Ambrose high school when they reach statutory age for leaving primary school. Parents are informed well in advance of the leaving date and after the parents' wishes are taken into account, lists of children are sent to the secondary school. The associated primaries with St Ambrose are St Bartholomew's Primary, St Augustine's Primary, St Kevin's Primary, St Bridget's Primary and St Francis of Assisi Primary Ballieston. St Bridget's and St Francis of Assisi are both Glasgow schools. There is a meeting of parents and senior staff from St Ambrose in each of the associated primary schools in the period from October to February. Parents of new entrants to the school are normally invited to attend an open night in June. It has also been the practise of the school to arrange for primary pupils to visit the school during the day in June to familiarise themselves with the buildings and staff. It is also school policy that parents may visit guidance staff singly by making a telephone or written request.

School roll for session 2007/2008

S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	Total
230	222	279	272	230	115	1348

Pupil roll statistics from Scottish Government census at September 2007.  Rolls are subject to change throughout the school session

National Test Results 5-14

 Percentage (%) of pupils attaining at least Level E by the end of S2

	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
Reading	73.6	74.1	64.6	58.6	62.4
Writing	65.7	64.0	58.2	41.0	50.0
Mathematics	74.4	64.4	71.6	76.9	65.5

Percentage (%) Attendance

	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
Attendance	88.5	89.7	88.7	88.9	87.6

Previous years attendance and absence figures

1998 - 2001
1999 - 2002

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