Vision Statement

St Modan’s is a Catholic Comprehensive High School, committed to nurturing all of our young people physically, socially, morally, spiritually and intellectually -  a school where, through the promotion of Gospel values, all young people and staff thrive, and have opportunities to grow in wisdom and grace.

Mission Statement

As a community of faith and learning St Modan’s High School is committed to the education and nurture of all of our young people in a welcoming, inclusive and Christ-centred environment. United by our core values our mission is to develop every young person physically, socially, morally, spiritually and intellectually so that, through the teaching and promotion of Gospel values, each and every person grows in wisdom and grace to be the best they can be.

School Aims

In partnership with our families, parishes and Primary schools St Modan’s High School aims to create a community of faith and learning where…

·         Gospel values sit at the heart of all our policies, actions and interactions

·         dignity and respect are accorded to all

·         there is a culture of high expectations and praise

·         achievements are shared and celebrated

·         all are encouraged to grow in wisdom and grace

 and where all young people…

·        feel included

·      are able to access a curriculum which meets their individual needs

·    are nurtured, encouraged, supported and challenged to be the be the best they can be

·         make the most of their God-given talents

·        are happy

St Modan's School Handbook 2024-25

Link to School Calendar (Parents) 2025-26

Link to SIP 25/27

Link to Standards and Quality Report

Link to Our Expectations 

Link to Senior School Contract

School Policies

• Locker Protocol

• Promoting Positive Relationships and Behaviour Policy

• Anti Bullying Policy

• Excursions Policy

The St Modan's community is very proud of its rich heritage and traditions.

Take a trip down memory lane by clicking on the link to our 90th Anniversary Website.

If you are an ex-pupil and have pictures that may be of interest to others please send us a copy!

St Modan's High School in Barnsdale Road, St Ninians was officially opened by Archbishop McDonald of St Andrew’s and Edinburgh on 5 September 1933. The school was built to serve the secondary pupils of Stirlingshire, Bannockburn and Cowie.

It opened with a roll of 410 pupils and was one of the first Catholic Secondary Schools to be built in Scotland after the 1918 Education Act. During the war years and afterwards the school continued to grow, reaching its maximum size of over 1200 pupils when the school leaving age was raised to 16 years.

Since the reform of local government in 1996, the school has found itself in the unique position of serving pupils from three local authorities: Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling. Over this time, the school roll has settled between 8880 and 935  - an ideal size as it is big enough to provide a wide range of courses but small enough to enable good relationships to be established between staff, pupils and parents.

The school moved to its present site in August 2008.

STAFF LIST 

Senior Management Team

• Mrs Claire Friel - Headteacher

• Mrs Penny Crawford - SRO

• Mrs Joanne Docherty - DHT 

• Mr Barry McGurk - DHT

• Mrs Caradh Pert - DHT

• Mrs Nadia McGeehan - DHT

link to SMT remits 

Office Staff

• Mrs A McFarlane - School Administrator

• Mr S Richardson

• Mrs V Brown

• Mrs A McFeat

Etive House (Autism Provision)

• Mrs I McCroary - Principal Teacher

• Mrs M Logie

• Mrs A Forrester

• Mrs K McLeod

• Mr C Brander

• Mrs V Dube

ASN

• Mrs C Warkentin - Principal Teacher

• Ms S Clark

• Mrs E Rollo

• Mr G Savage - VTC

• Mrs A Carlin 

Maths and Computing 

• Mrs C Foulser - Principal Teacher Faculty

• Mr S Curran - Principal Teacher Pupil Support and Development (S5)

• Ms A Gear

• Mr G Hunter

• Mrs C Friel - HT

• Mr J Reid

• Mrs C Currie

• Mrs L Neil

• Mr S Dunseath

• Mr S Henry

• Mr D Wallace 

Science 

• Ms K Quinn - Principal Teacher Faculty 

• Ms G Blair

• Dr L Guthrie

• Mr D Paterson

• Mrs P Stirling

• Mr I Johnston

• Mrs S Moore

• Ms I Breslin

• Mrs S Madden

Technical and Vocational Training Centre

• Mrs D Palmer - Principal Teacher Faculty

• Mr B Raphael

• Ms A McIntyre-Reid 

• Ms C Thomson (Mat)

• Mr A Finn

• Mr G Brown

English and Religious Education

• Mrs A Pennock - Principal Teacher Faculty

• Mr N Brown - Positive Destinations

• Mrs S Daly

• Mrs K Meyer

• Mrs L Anderson

• Mrs S Fitzsimons

• Mr C Hynd

• Mrs C Nathaniel

• Mrs J Easson

• Mr M Paoli -  Principal Teacher Pupil Support and Development (S4)

• Mrs R Smith

• Mrs M Wiltshire (Mat)

• Ms C Hammill (Temp)

Modern Languages Department

• Mr S McGrandles  - Principal Teacher Faculty

• Mrs J McCrimmon

• Mrs N McGeehan  - DHT

• Mrs F McGinness

• Ms L Marshall 

• Ms L Stephenson

• Mrs A Lyons

• Mrs R Volley

Social Subjects

• Mrs D Kirkwood - Principal Teacher Faculty

• Mrs C Pert - DHT

• Mr B McGurk - DHT

• Mrs N Hagan - Principal Teacher Pupil Support and Development (S3)

• Mrs M Farrugia - Principal Teacher Pupil Support and Development (S2)

• Mrs J Docherty - DHT

• Mrs G Gribben

• Ms L Kettles

• Ms K Burnett (Prob)

• Mr S Sharif 

• Ms L Reynolds - DYW

• Mrs D O'Donnell

Arts, Culture and Health

• Mr R Lewis -  Principal Teacher Faculty

• Mr C Johnstone - DYW

• Mrs M Ramsay - PT MHW

• Mrs V Roughead

• Mrs V Shannly

• Mr S Kennedy (Temp)

• Ms K Glen -  Principal Teacher Pupil Support and Development (S1/6)

• Mrs C Brown

• Mrs N McCloskey

• Ms E Muir

• Mrs C Hunter

• Mr D Walsh

• Mrs E Chambers

Attendance and Welfare Officer

• Mrs T Keeley

Learning Resource Officer

• • Mrs J Mathers

Pupil Support Administrator

• Mrs L Hatton

SDS

• Laura Cochrane

SLAs Autism Provision

• Ms A Ballantine

• Mrs F Dodd

• Ms G Harbison

• Ms K McInally

• Mrs A Bryans

• Ms D Frew

• Ms E Gourlay

• Ms G Reynolds

• Mrs A Poole - ISW

SLA - Mainstream

• Mrs J Collins ISW

• Mrs C Park - Equity

• Mr D Pine - ISW

• Mrs Y McLachlan

• Mrs L Gemmell

• Ms A Sutherland-Seuret 

• Mr D Brown 

• Ms J Sandilands

• Ms H Fairbank 

Technicians

• Mr T Truesdale

• Mr A Flynn

• Ms L Craig

Janitors (FES Staff)

• Mr R Boyle - Head Janitor

• Mr T Glass

• Mr A Inglis

Reprographics

• Mrs A Harcus (with HE)

School Counsellors

• Mrs Caroline Kirkwood

Canteen Staff

• Ms B Fotheringham

• Ms V Elvin

• Ms P McGowan

• Ms J Dickson

• Ms J McLachlan

• Ms M Stewart

• Ms G Fallens

• Ms L Symon

• Ms T Waye

• Ms M Lynch

• Ms D Johnson

Faculty Structure

1. Faculty of Arts, Culture and Health  – including Art and Design, Music, PE and Home Economics;

2. Faculty of Maths, Science and Technology – including Maths, Sciences, Computing and Technical subjects

3. Faculty of Language and Society – including English, Modern Languages, RE and Social Subjects

4. Pupil Support and Development – includes all aspects of pupil support and development. The school runs a horizontal PSD system whereby pupils are supported by a team of PSD teachers and a single Principal Teacher of PSD per year group. When pupils join the school in S1 the same PSD Team  (where possible) stays with them throughout their time in St Modan’s until they leave in S6. From S1 every pupils is allocated a PSD Teacher who remains the first point of contact for parents with regards to any enquiries or concerns relating to the child. Each year group also has a PT PSD and a link Depute Head Teacher to support our young people and their families. Mrs Docherty (DHT) has overall responsibility for all aspects of Pupil Support and Development (including Child Protection) across the whole school.

Link to PSD classes 

Online Payment Service – ParentPay

 Using a secure website called ParentPay you can pay online using your credit or debit card. ParentPay is our preferred method of making payments to school. It can be used  for items such as lunch money, school trips and uniform. 

Should you wish to view the ParentPay website ahead of the launch please click on the link provided https://www.parentpay.com.