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Dunblane High School is a six year comprehensive secondary school in the Stirling Council area. It is one of seven state high schools in Stirling district, and the only one in Dunblane. Fed by pupils from the three public primary schools in Dunblane, as well as some of those from Bridge of Allan, Doune, Stirling, and the surrounding areas, this school has a roster of roughly 750 pupils and sixty teachers.

The school was shaken in July 2010 with the abdication of its head teacher, Dr Dorothy White (previously head of Currie High School in Edinburgh), and the retirement of several other management staff. This was resolved with the transfer of Francis Lennon, the then head teacher of St Modan's High School in Stirling, and several deputes from other schools in the district. Mr Lennon has proven popular with parents and staff and has been accepted by pupils.

Premises
The present building is located at the top of Old Doune Road and was completed in November 2007. It spans three storeys and includes some features such as an art rooftop, theatre, fitness suite, dance studio and student social areas. The school also has an all-weather pitch and large playing field. However, the school is notable for its lack of a centralised lending library, which was abolished after the retirement of the school librarian and the room converted as an S6 study area and computer room.

The 2007 building was built on the old school's playing fields, and the previous campus being sold for public development. The building was one of the first Public-Private Partnership projects in the Stirling Council area, and so effectively a prototype, meaning it was built with such drawbacks as inadequate catering facilities, and was the only Stirling school built without a swimming pool.

History
Dunblane was a junior secondary. It was conjoined with the primary. It was converted to comprehensive.

Performance
The school was recently deemed top state school in Scotland both relating to academic achievement and learning environment, with well over three quarters of its roll progressing to higher education. It performed will in the recent HMIE inspection. It has a large extra-curricular base, including the Make A Difference Group (MAD), a highly effective charity committee. The school has adopted the Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund as the focus of many of its charitable fundraising activities.

Notable Alumni
The school has also hosted a number of international sports people, including ex-Scotland footballer Callum Davidson and, in tennis, the Murray brothers, Andy and Jamie. It was also the school of 2009's winner of the Miss Scotland crown, Katherine Brown.