Determined to Succeed - Award for Most Enterprising Secondary School

St Margaret's High School, North Lanarkshire

Over the last few years St Margaret’s High School in Airdrie has continued to demonstrate excellence in enterprise.  They currently have various vocational options in the school available to students, for example, construction and beauty therapy and motor mechanic skills courses are available at local colleges for the school’s 14-16 year olds.

A particularly popular sector that students are offered vocational training in is Leisure and pupils have the option to train at the Time Capsule leisure centre situated close by and S1&2 pupils can visit local primaries to deliver core PE to students.

Modern languages are also a key part of the curriculum and European students are at present studying at St Margaret’s so this, along with practical activities like running French cafes and Spanish Tapas Bars, provides valuable skills training for the local students.  These students also have opportunities to travel and have visited China, New York, Spain, Majorca and Italy.

The school is also well known for its charity work and is continuing to build relations with the local hospice where students are active supporters in the fundraising activities.

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