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Gleniffer High School is a Scottish state school located in Paisley for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. Since 1988, Gleniffer has been located in Paisley's Foxbar district, close to the Gleniffer Braes in the west coast of Scotland, south of Glasgow.〔(Google Maps )〕 The school serves children from the geographical areas of Foxbar, Glenburn and Lochfield.〔(Inspection and review )〕 The school's pupils come from a mix of social and private housing.〔 With a pupil population of 1,226 as of September 2012, Gleniffer is the third largest of Renfrewshire's 11 state high schools (The largest is Park Mains, with a populous of 1,360). As of 2010, Gleniffer High was ranked the 128th state school in Scoltand, as measured by the percentage of students (11%) achieving five Higher passes.〔http://news.stv.tv/school-tables/?all=true〕 Since this number fell down to 10% for Gleniffer at the 2011 exams, Gleniffer would now be ranked joint 147th on this league. The school was inspected in 2011/2012. The Education Scotland report cited the school to be "very good" on 5 key quality indicators.〔(Inspection and review )〕 It therefore did not achieve the top rank of "outstanding" for any of the inspection criterion.〔(Bot generated title --> )〕 The Head Teacher, Mr David Nicholls, told the local press he was "absolutely delighted by how positive this report is";〔(Five-star report leaves school staff and pupils overjoyed - Daily Express )〕 thus fulfilling his self-stated key duty to "promote and protect the school ... () ... parents, the media and politicians".〔(Who's Who )〕 ==Head Teacher== The school is run by a management team headed by the school's third head-master Mr David Nicholls, who posts weekly blogs concerning the school's progress on Gleniffer's website.〔(Head Teacher'S Page )〕 He was appointed in August 2004, when his predecessor Mr Roddy Gardener retired. Mr Gardener's final academic year as Head was 2003/2004; Mr Nicholls took charge from academic year 2004/2005. In February 2007, the national press reported that Mr Nicholls had been attacked on school premises by a pupil. The Daily Record wrote:〔(ASSAULT No2 ON A RECTOR; Boy, 13, expelled after he attacks head in classroom. - Free Online Library )〕 'A source at Gleniffer High said Mr Nicholls was attacked when he was called in to deal with an argument between the boy and a teacher. The source said: "Things started to get heated and the other pupils were put out of the class. Mr Nicholls dealt with it all exactly by the book but when the boy lashed out at him they had to bring the police in." Another school source said: "Everyone at Gleniffer is horrified by this. It's no wonder this young thug has been banned from setting foot in the school ever again."' During May 2008, he criticized then Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander for using smear tactics against Gleniffer.〔(Alexander branded 'inept' as rival springs ambush over education - News - Scotsman.com )〕〔(Wendy Alexander, reading from a...: 1 May 2008: Scottish Parliament debates - TheyWorkForYou )〕 During First Minister's Questions, Ms Alexander cited that some Advanced Highers were being cut from the school curriculum. The Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said Ms Alexander's claims were "untrue". The Scotsman newspaper wrote of Mr Nicholl's fury over this matter: 'The headteacher at Gleniffer High School (David Nicholls) was so concerned by their scaremongering that he phoned the (SNP) leader of Renfrewshire Council (Derek Mackay] to complain about Labour's tactics on this issue.〔(Alexander branded 'inept' as rival springs ambush over education - News - Scotsman.com )〕.' The most recent 2011 inspection cited that 98% of Gleniffer's pupils' parents agreed that the school was "well led", with 58% strongly agreeing.〔 On a similarly positive note, a December 2011 publicly published letter from inspectors cited one of the school's key strengths as "The inspirational leadership and drive of the headteacher.〔(Inspection and review )〕" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gleniffer High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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