Dalziel High School

Dalziel High School is a non-denominational secondary school in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The rector is Robert Birch.OverviewDalziel High School was founded in 1902. James K. Scobbie, Rector from 1957 until 1974, greatly enhanced the school's performance during his tenure. Since then, the school has received some of the best reports of any school in Scotland. The school was one of the first in the country to be awarded Charter Mark status (now Customer Service Excellence), as well as being awarded the National Award For Excellence for Work and Enterprise. On 11 November 2008, the secondary school was voted as one of the best in Scotland in a report by HMIe. Dalziel was also successful in winning the Customer Service Excellence award with no partial compliances and the highest standard of compliance plus, one of only a few schools in the United Kingdom to win this award.The school motto is Summa Petenda (Aim for the highest).The school has a specialised hearing impaired department, which caters to severely hearing impaired pupils from Lanarkshire and beyond.HousesThe three school houses are Barclay, Colville,and Greig.Feeder schoolsThe secondary school has many feeder schools, including Glencairn Primary School,calder primary school, Knowetop Primary School and Ladywell Primary School. Pupils from other schools near to Dalziel, such as Logans Primary School, usually get transferred to Braidhurst High School.