Kirkwall Grammar School
Coordinates: 58°58′43″N 2°56′49″W / 58.978677°N 2.946970°W
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Kirkwall Grammar School | |
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Location | |
, Scotland | |
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Motto | Si Deus Nobiscum |
Established | 1200 |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 800-1000 |
Website | http://www.kgsorkney.com/ |
Kirkwall Grammar School is a secondary school in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. It was established in c. 1200.[1] The current school building was opened in 2014.[2]
Notable former pupils[]
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- James Aitken, Church of Scotland bishop
- Stanley Cursiter, (1887–1976), artist
- Neil Gray, (1986- ), SNP Member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts
- Peter Marshall, historian of the Reformation
- Sir James David Marwick, lawyer, historian and town clerk
- William Peddie, physicist and applied mathematician
- Robert Rendall, poet
- Alexander Burt Taylor, civil servant
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "About KGS". Kirkwall Grammar School.
- ^ "Kirkwall Grammar School officially opened - The Orcadian Online". 17 June 2014.
External links[]
Categories:
- Secondary schools in Scotland
- Education in Orkney
- Kirkwall
- Scottish school stubs