Glencairn Primary School
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Glencairn Primary School is based at New Street in Stevenston
, Ayrshire
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It serves the town of Stevenston Ayrshire with a nursery
for children aged 4 and primary school for children from the ages of 5 to 11.
The school was renamed Glencairn Primary School in 1971 with the opening of Auchenharvie Academy. At this time the school became a Primary School and those of Secondary School age (12+) moved to Auhenharvie Academy. In 1982 a fire burned though the old school, which destroyed part of the main school.
There is an old part of the building that survived the fire, which the present primary school still uses. Plus the new building has a part of the old wall that survived and was added on to the new building in 1982. The current Head Teacher is Mrs Jean C Todd.
Head Teacher 1 - Mr David Malloy (Died)
Head Teacher 2 - Mr Allistar Colhoun Retired 1990
Head Teacher 3 - Mrs J Todd
Stevenston
Stevenston is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is one of the 'Three Towns' along with Ardrossan and Saltcoats.-History:The town is named after Stephan Loccard or Lockhart, whose father obtained a grant of land from Richard de Morville, Lord Cunninghame and Constable of Scotland, around 1170....
, Ayrshire
Ayrshire
Ayrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...
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It serves the town of Stevenston Ayrshire with a nursery
Nursery school
A nursery school is a school for children between the ages of one and five years, staffed by suitably qualified and other professionals who encourage and supervise educational play rather than simply providing childcare...
for children aged 4 and primary school for children from the ages of 5 to 11.
History
The school was opened in 1875 as Stevenston Public School and at that time in school history pupils only went to the one school from the ages of 5 - 15.The school was renamed Glencairn Primary School in 1971 with the opening of Auchenharvie Academy. At this time the school became a Primary School and those of Secondary School age (12+) moved to Auhenharvie Academy. In 1982 a fire burned though the old school, which destroyed part of the main school.
There is an old part of the building that survived the fire, which the present primary school still uses. Plus the new building has a part of the old wall that survived and was added on to the new building in 1982. The current Head Teacher is Mrs Jean C Todd.
Head Teacher 1 - Mr David Malloy (Died)
Head Teacher 2 - Mr Allistar Colhoun Retired 1990
Head Teacher 3 - Mrs J Todd