New acting head for Thurso High
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THURSO High School will have a new acting head teacher when pupils return from their October holidays.
John McGilp, head teacher at Kinlochleven High School, is moving to Thurso High School as acting head teacher until the end of the school session in August next year.
From Ayrshire, Mr McGilp has spent most of his teaching career in the Highlands, working at Lochaber High School and Ardnamurchan High School before moving to Kinlochleven.
He said: “I am excited about the opportunity of working in Thurso, a school with a very good reputation in a beautiful location. Although from Ayrshire originally I have spent all of my teaching career, bar a very brief spell, within Highland.
“For the past five and a bit years I have been the head teacher at Kinlochleven High and went through a very successful inspection while in post in February 2010. My main priorities as a head teacher are the care and welfare of pupils while driving forward both attainment and achievement. I have been heavily involved in my current post in forging links with the wider school community, something I hope to continue during my secondment,” added Mr McGilp.
