Education Carnoustie

carnoustie public school, later kinloch primary school, demolished summer 2010

at start of 1870s, each church in carnoustie had own school. of these can still seen today, in former primary schools of barry , panbride, @ point schools of panbride parish church , barry free church, , phillip hall on dundee street, school connected erskine free church. these supplemented number of private subscription schools, including school in links avenue, opened in 1831, houses local scout group, , school off maule street used holyrood church s hall. these both victims of success of carnoustie free church school , abandoned. more successful school linked panmure works , private girls school in kinloch street, these made redundant 1872 act.

carnoustie public school built in 1878 near free church school on dundee street. extended several times before secondary school pupils decanted new carnoustie high school building in shanwell road. old school renamed kinloch primary school, , continued until 2006, when it, along barry , panbride primary schools, closed part of reorganisation of schools in area.

schools today

schools in carnoustie. clockwise top left: carlogie primary school (undergoing renovations); burnside primary school; carnoustie high school; woodlands primary school

carlogie primary school opened in mid-1970s in new caesar avenue/linefield road housing estate , current catchment area of carnoustie east of queen street , pupils surrounding rural area used served panbride primary school, including panbride, east haven, hatton, muirdrum, auchrennie, pitlivie , salmond s muir. school s buildings , grounds extensively refurbished in 2008.

woodlands primary school building in former caravan park in carnoustie house grounds. catchment area central part of carnoustie between burnside street , queen street, plus rural area north of town, incorporating clayholes, balmachie, pitskelly, upper victoria , heugh-head.

burnside primary school building in thomas street on land had been used football pitches. catchment area includes remaining part of carnoustie , former rural catchment of barry primary, including barry, cotside, balhungie, ardestie, woodhill, grange of barry , mains of ravensby.

carnoustie high school situated on shanwell road , takes secondary pupils carnoustie , surrounding rural area, including former pupils of carlogie, woodlands, burnside, kinloch, panbride, barry, newbigging , monikie primary schools. school entirely rebuilt in 2008, part of previous buildings retained being old physical education department, theatre , music department.