It replaced the previous Bishopbriggs Higher Grade School which had originally opened in 1896, designed by David Woodburn Sturrock, and featured inscriptions on its clock tower, commemorating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria that year. The two antecedent secondary schools were originally established to meet local demand during Bishopbriggs' housing boom beginning in the 1960s.īishopbriggs High School was opened by Lanark County Council in 1965 and designed by Simon Pollard. The old Thomas Muir High school building.
The Inspectors also described the Academy as an 'outstanding school'. This was the first time ever that education Education Scotland had awarded four "Excellent" grades under the new inspection standards which ranks school on 5 areas. In January 2013 the school received four "Excellent" grades and one "Very Good" in an Education Scotland Inspection Report. The school consistently ranks at the top of the school exam league tables, with the school currently ranking 10th in the league tables (out of 340 secondary schools in Scotland). " It has also twice been named 'The Scottish State Secondary School of the Year' by the Sunday Times in the Sunday Times School Guide, firstly in 2014 and again in 2017. In 2021, the school was named "The Scottish State Secondary School of the decade" by the Sunday Times in the Sunday Times School Guide, recognising the "exceptional leadership, top quality teaching and high academic standards that the school provides. The school was established in August 2006 as a result of the amalgamation of Bishopbriggs High School and Thomas Muir High School.
It is currently one of two secondary schools in Bishopbriggs, along with Turnbull High School at Brackenbrae. Bishopbriggs Academy is a non-denominational, co-educational, comprehensive school taking pupils from S1 to S6. Thomas Muir, Wester Cleddens, Balmuildy, and Meadowburnīishopbriggs Academy is a secondary school in the town of Bishopbriggs, Scotland, in the district of East Dunbartonshire. Burns, MacDonald, Thomson, Kelvin, Fleming, and Muir
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