Oban High School


Oban High School is a secondary school in Oban, Argyll, Scotland. The head teacher is Peter Bain. Mr Bain has been the head teacher since 2008. The roll is currently 874. A new school opened in April 2018.

History

Oban High School opened in 1890 as Oban Higher Grade School. The building was designed by Alexander Shairp. Former teachers at the school have included Iain Crichton Smith and John MacKay, Baron MacKay of Ardbrecknish.

Notable people

Oban High School has a clan system pupil leadership programme. The school has four clans and each clan has two clan leaders selected from S6. In addition Oban High School also has school captains; this has traditionally been a 'head boy' and 'head girl'.