The replacement high school building for that in Rennie Street lay well to the west in the rural setting of Bantaskine Estate. The new building was designed by AJ Smith, the Stirling County architect, 1959-61. It was a three-storey concrete-framed box clad in a mixture of materials, with single-storey halls in front facing onto Blinkbonny Road.
In 1991/1993 Central Regional Council added a large apsidal three-storey extension onto the north-eastern corner of the school complex. This reflected original structure with the use of horizontal bands of windows and was also “boxy” in character.
In 2015-2017 a replacement building was erected in the school fields to the east. Once these were opened, the 1961 buildings were demolished and the site was sold to Henry Booth for redevelopment as a housing estate, leaving a buffer zone at the northern side for the Antonine Wall.
| YEAR ARRIVED | HEADTEACHER | YEAR LEFT | No. PUPILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | J Hunter Cran | 1971 | |
| 1971 | David C Mackenzie | 1989 | |
| 1990 | Alex Easton | 2005 | |
| 2005 | Richard Anderson | 2009 | 1,500 |
National Grid Reference
| Blinkbonny Road | NS 8726 7984 |
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