Depute Head Teacher

St Luke’s High School is a mixed, Roman Catholic, 11-18 secondary school, situated in Barrhead near Glasgow. The school, which serves the towns of Barrhead, Neilston and Uplawmoor, has 638 students on the school roll. 

Headteacher

Christine Downie

Values and vision

St Luke’s High School aims to be aspirational, caring and concerned, enterprising and creative, healthy and green, compassionate and serving, and Catholic and inclusive. It values equality and fairness, love, motivation, professionalism, tolerance and forgiveness, respect and responsibility, wisdom, and social justice. 

The secondary school’s aims are: to be a reflective learning community; to strive for continuous improvement and excellence; to work collegially within the school community and with all school partners; to prepare pupils for life and work; to develop confident individuals, effective contributors, successful learners and responsible citizens; to offer excellent learning and teaching; to promote spiritual, moral, physical, social and intellectual growth; to celebrate the Catholic Christian faith and gospel values. 

Education Scotland

“Particular strengths of the school: Young people’s consistently high levels of success in examinations. Success across a range of activities brought about by the dedication of staff and the motivation of young people to achieve. Focus of all staff on meeting all learning needs which leads to almost all young people achieving success. All young people are included and take an active part in the life of the school. A culture among staff of seeking improvement and making sure changes improve teaching and learning continuously. Highly effective leadership at all levels which motivates staff to continue to improve.”

View St Luke’s High School’s latest Education Scotland report