Falkirk High School

Roll

• 2004/2005 1153
• 2010/2011 1058

  Notable former teachers

• James Martin, Scottish Public Services Ombudsman since 2009
• Alexander Durie Russell FRSE maths teacher at Falkirk

  Notable alumni

• Craigie Aitchison, Lord Aitchison, Labour MP from 1929–33 for Kilmarnock
• novelist Alan 'Alvin' Bissett
• Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, Painter and Limner
• Rev Dr John Urquhart Cameron, athlete, theologian, journalist
• Prof George Stuart Gordon, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1938–41, President from 1928–42 of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Professor of English at the University of Leeds
• Bob McGregor MBE, swimmer
• Iain Macphail, Lord Macphail
• David Marshall, Labour MP from 2005–08 for Glasgow East, and from 1979–2005 for Glasgow Shettleston
• Prof Gordon Marshall CBE, Vice-Chancellor from 2003–11 of the University of Reading, and Chairman since 2007 of the Higher Education Statistics Agency
• Craig Pollock, Formula 1 executive
• Alan Lawson, Rugby Union Scrum Half – 15 caps for Scotland. Bill McLaren's son in law.
• Donald Shaw Ramsay, was a Scottish bagpiper. Qualified as a pipe major in the British Army, he led the Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band to victory at the World Championships twice and was also leader of the all-star Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band during its four years of existence.