Our Lady's High School, Motherwell

Not to be confused with Our Lady's High School, Cumbernauld.

Our Lady's High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school for 11- to 18-year-olds in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, that is close to Fir Park stadium. The school educates around 850 pupils. The headteacher is Louisa McGraw.

Our Lady's High School
Address
Dalzell Drive Motherwell , North Lanarkshire , ML1 2DG Scotland
Information
Type	Roman Catholic high school
Motto	Mary seat of wisdom pray for us
Local authority	North Lanarkshire Council[1]
Head teacher	Louisa McGraw
Gender	Catholic Comprehensive
Age	11 to 18
Website	https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/olhsmotherwell/

History

The school was established in 1888, making it one of the oldest Roman Catholic secondary schools in Scotland.^{[citation needed]} It was originally an all-boys school and the first class of girls was not enrolled until 1945. In the same year, the school's War Memorial Chapel, built with funds raised by the school community, was opened. The current building on Dalzell Drive was built in 1974.

Performing arts and physical education

Performing Arts is strong in the school with both Music and Drama (Drama being set up in 2005 to successful acclaim). The school wind band achieved a gold at the National Concert Band Festival in 2005-06. On 30 March 2007 the band attained a gold award at the Festival and then won the Lanarkshire Youth Musical Award for 2007.^[2]

Their senior football team achieved national success in 2000 when they won the Under-18 Scottish Schools Football Shield. This was the eighth time the school has won this trophy.

Notable former pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Our Lady's High School, Motherwell

• Sir Matt Busby (1909-1994) - former manager of Manchester United
• Thomas Winning (1925-2001) - Archbishop of Glasgow^[3]
• Billy McNeill (1940-2019) - footballer, Celtic F.C. and Scotland national football team
• Bobby Murdoch (1944-2001) - footballer for Celtic and Scotland
• Sir Tom Devine (b. 1945) - historian
• Patrick Doyle (b. 1953) - composer
• Chic McSherry (b. 1958) - businessman, writer and musician^{[citation needed]}
• Colin Fox (b. 1959) - former MSP
• Martin Ledwith, actor
• Brian McCardie (b. 1965) - actor
• Stephen Pearson (b. 1982) - footballer, Motherwell F.C., Celtic F.C.^[4]
• Frank Roy (b. 1958) - former MP (1997-2015)^[5]
• Kieran Tierney (b. 1997) - footballer Arsenal F.C., Scotland national football team