Monifieth High School

Monifieth High School, a comprehensive state high school in Monifieth, Angus, Scotland, was founded in 1976. It was opened by Lord Thomson of Monifieth. The school enrolls approximately 1100 pupils from a catchment area including Monifieth, parts of Barnhill, Birkhill and other rural areas of Angus including the Hillbanks area, Liff and Auchterhouse.

School performance
Monifieth High School has very good exam results in all areas of the school, achieving more than double the average for the number of pupils attaining five or more awards at Higher in 2010.

As of 2021, the school was last inspected by Education Scotland in 2015, when inspectors found that "Young people learn and achieve well at Monifieth High School ... [although] the pace of learning could be brisker, activities more challenging and young people could be given more responsibility for their learning".

Facilities
In 2004, the school renovated many of its facilities, including the reception area, and constructed new changing rooms, increased singing rooms in the music department, and installed many interactive whiteboards in classrooms.

In 2010 pupils vandalised school buildings.

As of 2020, the school is over-subscribed and the school buildings are reported to be "struggling to cope".

Monifieth Learning Campus
In 2020 Angus Council successfully got funding to build a new high school in the grounds of the existing building. Construction started in June 2023 and is due to be complete in August 2025, and the old building to be demolished and the project to be fully complete in August 2026.

Community support
In 2020, the school was one of eight local schools making and supplying masks to health workers.

Previous rectors and headteachers
As of 2022, the headteacher is Andy Dingwall. The previous headteacher was M-C McInally (from 2013). Before that, the school's rectors were Hector Low (to 1994), Jim Collins (1994 to 2000) and Richard Coton (2000 to 2013).

Notable staff
Rhona Goss won the "Teachers of Physics" award in 2005 from the Institute of Physics.

Notable former pupils

 * Tom Simpson – keyboard player for Snow Patrol
 * Paul Dixon – former Dundee United and Scotland player