Drumpark School

 ( Defunct Special Schools In Scotland ) 

Drumpark School was a school for children with special educational needs at Bargeddie just west of Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. In August 2012, the primary department (5 to 11 years) of Drumpark School moved to their new campus, shared with Greenhill Primary School and incorporated into the vacated buildings of Coatbridge High School, Case Studies | Greenhill and Drumpark Schools, CRGP Ltd Greenhill Primary School & Drumpark ASN Primary School Coatbridge – ReMade Learning Places Example 6 , Architecture+Design Scotland Drumpark & Greenhill Primary Schools, Urban Realm retaining the Drumpark name. About Us, Drumpark Primary and Nursery The secondary department (11 to 17 years) moved to a new campus shared with St Ambrose High School on 5 November 2012, Drumpark School plan reunion celebration ahead of move, Daily Record, 28 March 2012 changing its name to Buchanan High School.

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History of Drumpark School Drumpark School opened on 5 May 1926, featuring decorations by the artist Jessie M. King. Decorating the Central Belt 2: Drumpark and Jessie King, The Decorated School, 4 October 2011 The school has had many achievements in football, winning the league two years in a row as Drumpark in 2011 and 2012, then as Buchanan High School in 2013 and 2014. The students have climbed Tinto and done a lot of other sports activities over the years. The school originally was for pupils with medical issues in the early years of its history but some of the senior pupils became more mainstream than some of the younger students in the lower years in the secondary department.

The disused old buildings were subjected to arson in 2015 Firefighters tackle massive blaze at Coatbridge primary school, Daily Record, 23 April 2015 and were subsequently demolished, with housing planned for the site. Projects | Drumpark, Ashfield Land. Retrieved 10 June 2021

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