"of the City of Washington Pipe Band (US) composed ""Dunblane"", a tune for bagpipes, which Bonnie Rideout arranged for two violins and viola. It was recorded on ""Rant"", an album produced by Maggie's Music. Pipe Major Robert Mathieson of the Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band composed a pipe tune in tribute, ""The Bells of Dunblane"". Scottish composer James MacMillan created a choral work, ""A child's prayer"", as a tribute to those who suffered at Dunblane. Dunblane massacre The Dunblane school massacre took place at Dunblane Primary School near Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, on 13 March 1996, when Thomas Hamilton shot 16"
"well, though this is at least partly because it is such a wealthy area. A remarkably low number of pupils are on free school meals, and a considerable number of parents make use of private tutors. Dunblane Primary School is on Doune Road, on the western side of Dunblane. The school has a large playing field (with a basketball court), regularly used for extra-curricular activities and by local clubs. A council-run nursery is attached to the school, in a separate building. In 1996, the school's gym was the scene of the Dunblane massacre. The school reopened within days, and the"
"in the cathedral. There are also stained glass windows in Church of the Holy Rude, St Blanes and Lecropt tempering the Children and their Teacher. The funds raised in the aftermath of the tragedy were used to build a new community centre (the Dunblane Centre). Following the incident, the government passed legislation banning ownership of all handguns—firearms under in overall length, in the United Kingdom. Tennis players Jamie Murray and Andy Murray were in the school at the time of the massacre. Dunblane Dunblane (, ) is a town in the council area of Stirling in central Scotland. It is"
"of government in 1997 and became features of Labour education policy. He is reported to have ""barked down"" some of the more extreme proposals to deal with the threat of school shootings after the Dunblane massacre in 1996. This incident occurred when a crazed individual with a gun entered a primary school and shot a number of pupils and teachers. During the final months of the Major government, Squire was identified with the ""Conservative Mainstream"" group of MPs. This group was composed of centrist, one-nation members who sided with John Major in his confrontations with Eurosceptics and right-wingers. In the"
"of the victims' families whilst reporting on the massacre for GMTV, was a guest speaker at the service. In August 1997, two varieties of rose were unveiled and planted as the centrepiece for a roundabout in Dunblane. The two roses were developed by Cockers Roses of Aberdeen; the 'Gwen Mayor' rose and 'Innocence' rose, in memory of the children killed. A snowdrop originally found in a Dunblane garden in the 1970s was renamed 'Sophie North' in memory of one of the victims of the massacre. The gymnasium at the school was demolished on 11 April 1996 and replaced by a"
"beginning to become public issues in the United Kingdom in the early 1990s. This followed the fatal stabbing of 12-year-old Nikki Conroy by a mentally ill intruder at her Middlesbrough school in March 1994. Just three months after the murder of Philip Lawrence, 16 young children and their teacher were shot dead by intruder Thomas Hamilton at their school in Dunblane, Scotland. Shortly afterwards, nursery nurse Lisa Potts and several toddlers were wounded by machete-welding intruder Horrett Campbell at a nursery school in Wolverhampton. These incidents all contributed to major improvements in security at schools across Britain, particularly in areas"
"memorial garden. Two years after the massacre on 14 March 1998, a memorial garden was opened at Dunblane Cemetery, where Mayor and twelve of the slain children are buried. The garden features a fountain with a plaque of the names of those killed. Stained glass windows in memory of the victims were placed in three local churches, St Blane's and the Church of the Holy Family in Dunblane and the nearby Lecropt Kirk as well as at the Dunblane Youth and Community Centre. The National Association of Primary Education commissioned a sculpture, ""Flame for Dunblane"", created by Walter Bailey from"
"Richard Kindersley which commemorates the events of 13 March 1996 – the Dunblane Massacre. The quotations on the stone are by E. V. Rieu (""He called a little child to him...""), Richard Henry Stoddard (""...the spirit of a little child""), Bayard Taylor (""But still I dream that somewhere there must be The spirit of a child that waits for me"") and W. H. Auden (""We are linked as children in a circle dancing""). Dunblane Cathedral is one of at least seven churches in the town. The others are St Blane's (another Church of Scotland congregation, named after the town's founder),"
"principal, and the substitute vice-principal, in case of absence of both principals mentioned above, is Jennifer Flynn. Hill made the news in 2004 when he ""auctioned"" his parking space at the school to raise much needed money for blinds, vents and roof insulation for the kindergarten classrooms at the school. In 2006, the school's new sports grounds was opened by the Australian Defence minister Brendan Nelson. In the same year, the school community raised over $8000 towards a life saving operation for a kindergarten pupil who attended the school. The toddler also appeared on the ""Today"" television show to raise"
"Robson, Victoria Azarenka, Jo Durie and Colin Fleming, as well as a host of other sportsmen and celebrities such as Gary Lineker, Sir Chris Hoy, Gordon Reid, Stephen Fry and Sir Alex Ferguson. Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond were amongst British politicians who were quick to praise Murray. Dunblane Conservative councillor Callum Campbell stated: """"The word proud just doesn't do it any justice. The people of Dunblane have been supporting Andy and his brother Jamie since they were young boys and Andy has repaid their loyalty 10 times over. A lot of young people who"
"finished construction of a new office building in Stirling at Viewforth. The Dunblane massacre occurred within the last month of Central Regional Council's existence at one of its primary schools, in Dunblane. Responsibility for Dunblane Primary School was transferred to the new Stirling Council on the first day of its operations on 1 April 1996 when the Scottish Regional Councils disbanded under the re-organisation act of 1994. 10 days later, on 11 April 1996, the school gym where the massacre took place was demolished by the new council. The school was entirely refurbished in 1998. There were 3 districts within"
"entrepreneur, Andrew Carnegie. A ceremonial key from the school's opening is on show at Andrew Carnegie's Birthplace Museum, also in Dunfermline. During the first world war, McLean school was used as an army barracks for soldiers stationed in Dunfermline. Air raid shelters were provided in the second world war and the students had ARP (Air Raid Precaution) training regularly. In the 1930s, the head teacher Norman Johnson helped pioneer the use of film in schools. Extensions were made to the building between 1913 and 1915 and again in 1946. The original school building opened in 1896 is still in use"
"Pupils with sporting connections include the amateur jockey Anthony Mildmay and Seymour de Lotbiniere, one-time Director of Outside Broadcasts at the BBC. Jagaddipendra Narayan was a reigning Maharaja of Cooch Behar while at the school. Other former pupils include the war-blinded life peer Lord Fraser and the submarine commander Rupert Lonsdale. NASA aerospace engineer Bruce Woodgate, who attended Eastbourne Grammar School, was the principal investigator and designer of the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, which was installed on the Hubble Space Telescope in 1997. Modern celebrities who studied in the town include Prunella Scales and Eddie Izzard. In 1993, following a"
"Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown, and messages of support from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and actor Rainn Wilson. The petition aims to hold world leaders to account for the promise of universal primary education made in the Millennium Development Goals (MDG2). The petition mobilised support and campaigning from a wide variety of organisations and individuals. 2015 Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi headlined the London launch event in November 2015. Other notable supporters and participants include his fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai, Justin Bieber, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Laura Carmichael, the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic"
"city, could now accept only students from the rough ghetto neighborhood in which it was located. Virtually overnight, Dunbar became a typical ghetto school. As unmotivated, unruly and disruptive students flooded in, Dunbar teachers began moving out and many retired. More than 80 years of academic excellence simply vanished into thin air."" Since its inception, the school has graduated many well-known figures of the 20th century, including Sterling Brown, H. Naylor Fitzhugh, Nannie Helen Burroughs, Charles R. Drew, William H. Hastie, Charles Hamilton Houston, Robert Heberton Terrell, Benjamin O. Davis., Paul Capel, III, Robert C. Weaver, and James E. Bowman."
"Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland. This quote was designed to assuage fears that devolution would provide a greater platform for the Scottish National Party (SNP). Robertson's quote is frequently recalled, usually in a mocking fashion, since the SNP won Scottish Parliament elections in 2007 , 2011 and 2016. Robertson's three children are former pupils of the school in Dunblane where gunman Thomas Hamilton murdered 16 children and their teacher in 1996. After the massacre, Robertson, a long-time resident of the town, acted as a spokesman for the victims' families. He was also a key figure in the subsequent campaign"
"programs. Among the school's notable faculty members was Arthur Shores, a polymath who taught science, history, civics and literature. He served briefly as principal before becoming a notable civil rights attorney. Notable graduates include art collector Paul R. Jones and activist James Boggs. Long-time principal Jackson Solomon Abrams died in 1959 and a new high school then under construction was named in his memory. Dunbar was converted into an elementary and middle school until it closed in 1980. The building was subsequently acquired by the National Dunbar-Abrams Foundation and partially renovated as a community center. The former school was added"
"1948, and was a great success. Sir Kenneth Clark wrote in his introduction that ""I believe that I recognise the same tone of voice which I hear in the dialogues of St. Catherine of Sienna."" Her influence remained after her death and her ""Writing and Writing Patterns"" was still used in schools in the 1980s. The Senrab Street School in Stepney, east London was renamed Marion Richardson Primary School in her memory. Her grave has been rediscovered by the St John's Church Preservation Group. The grave is now being maintained and a start has been made on forming a Marion"
"in the Bronx. In the 1930s its enrollment peaked at 12,000 and it was said to be the largest high school in the world. Enrollment by 1999 was about 4,000. It remained the last gender-segregated public school in New York City until 1983. In 1996, Clinton was selected by ""Redbook"" magazine as one of the five most improved schools in America. In 1999, ""US News and World Report"" designated Clinton as one of 96 outstanding schools in America. In 1999, Geraldine Ambrosio became the first woman to hold the principal's post at the school. The school receives government aid because"
"Edinburgh on 16 March 1984 when a clock in the central tower was unveiled. On the hundredth anniversary of the school's relocation, the Hall was further extended and in 2006 the Hewer Hall, a sports facility, was opened by The Princess Royal. The Principal, Toby Belfield, caused controversy in May 2015 when he questioned the merits of a bilingual education, stating in a letter to the Denbighshire Free Press that whilst ""tradition and heritage are important - but much more important is to ensure that we do not reduce the opportunities available for Welsh children."" His claims that bilingual education"
"society and of the local, national...and global dimensions of their lives...the schools curriculum should...secure their commitment to sustainable development at a personal local,national and global level.' Davenant International has been exploring the global dimension to the curriculum – through eight concepts: Dignitaries from around the world sent messages of support when Davenant International was launched at Davenant Foundation School in September 2005. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II sent her best wishes to all those present for a successful and enjoyable event. The former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela also sent his warm greetings to Davenant students. Former British Prime"
"to the wrongly imprisoned mothers Sally Clark, Angela Cannings and Donna Anthony being freed and resulted in the exposure of the prosecution's chief witness, the paediatrician Sir Roy Meadow. 2006: David Harrison for his three-part investigation into sex trafficking in Eastern Europe published in ""The Sunday Telegraph"", which was praised by the UN and prompted action by British police and the Home Office.. 2007: Shared by Deborah Wain (""Doncaster Free Press"") for her exposé of corruption in the Doncaster Education City project and by David Leigh and Rob Evans (""The Guardian"") for their investigation into bribery in the British arms"
"the earliest surviving reference to the school – 1256 – a charter of Abingdon Abbey recording an endowment by Abbot John de Blosneville for the support of thirteen poor scholars. In the past though, the school considered itself as having been founded by John Roysse in 1563. This led to the unusual circumstance whereby the school celebrated its 400th anniversary in 1963 (at which HRH Princess Margaret was guest of honour), and then its 750th in 2006 (at which HRH Princess Anne was guest of honour). The focus on 1256 facilitated extensive anniversarial fundraising in 2006. By the time of"
"public more readily available than before. The Centre is named after Ahmed Iqbal Ullah, a 13-year-old pupil of Burnage High School in Manchester, who was murdered in a playground incident in 1986. Ullah's death and the public inquiry into it highlighted deficiencies in UK race relations education of the time. The name was adopted for the Centre because Kushnick ‘wanted to send a signal’ and aimed for the material to be used ‘in outreach programmes to teachers in schools with limited resources [and] a narrow curriculum [to] encourage an environment where all children could flourish.’ The Education Trust, a registered"
"from Bauwens for his family which took place in August 1990. Mellor's connection to Bauwens, the daughter of Jaweed al-Ghussein, the finance director of the PLO (formally the Palestine National Fund) maintained the pressure on him. Mellor resigned on 24 September 1992. Following the Dunblane school shooting in 1996 when Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 children and their teacher before committing suicide, Mellor led a backbench revolt against the Government, which subsequently led to the almost complete banning of the owning and possession of handguns. Mellor contested the 1997 general election, but was defeated by the Labour Party's Tony Colman"
"Sharon Hollows Dame Sharon Hollows, DBE (born 1958, Burnley) is an English schoolteacher and headmistress. When Hollows took on her first headship at Calverton Primary School in Newham in 1994, pupils' performance was very poor. By 1999, when the primary school results were published, Hollows had raised the score 11-year-olds achieved across the three subjects in the national curriculum tests to 269 – up from just 45 in 1994. It marked out the school as the most improved in the country. In 2001 the performance went up again, to 287, far above the national average, with most of the students"
"his St Trinian's School books (published 1946 to 1952), which portrayed the girls at a boarding school as juvenile delinquents. Searle donated original manuscripts and diaries to the school, which are held in the school archive. This material includes a letter, dated 1993, which confirms the link. Around the turn of the 20th century, the school accepted boys into its kindergarten, including a young John Maynard Keynes. In September 2013, Dame Bradbury's School in Saffron Walden joined the Foundation, as a non-selective school for boys and girls aged 3-11. At the same time, announcements were made of major development plans"
"tables every year since the 2006 results. The school is also successful at GCSE level. In 2004, it was named as the top state school in the country by the BBC. Headmaster Ken Jenkinson has explained this success by saying that ""although as a grammar school the academic success of our students is our principal priority, I tend to see the results as the by-product of an ethos where we encourage students to aim high in all that they do and approach challenges with confidence."" The school's success was recognised by Prime Minister Tony Blair who in 1999 invited the"
"London killed three people and injured 140 others. David Copeland, a neo-Nazi extremist, was arrested soon afterwards and found guilty the following year, being sentenced to life imprisonment. 2. The Murder of Jill Dando; TV presenter shot dead on her West London doorstep in April 1999. Barry George was found guilty of her murder in 2001 and sentenced to life imprisonment, but was released in 2007 after winning an appeal against his conviction. 3. The Dunblane Massacre; the fatal shooting of 16 children and their teacher at a primary school in Dunblane, Scotland, by local man Thomas Hamilton, who then"
"school. Debbie Dunlap was the first principal. She said that her style of managing the school was ""to be supportive. I just let the teachers do their jobs."" Todd Spivak of the ""Houston Press"" said that Dunlap ""was hailed for assembling a staff that some say included the best high school teachers in the Houston area"" and that the school ""quickly gained a reputation for academic excellence and became a destination school for veteran teachers."" Dunlap left her position in 2003 so she could work for a teacher certification company. Patricia Paquin became the next principal. Many of the teachers"
"until 1999, when she took up the same role at Newcastle's Canning Street Primary School. Grant campaigned for security measures and protection in schools for teachers and students, and panic buttons (for summoning police) were installed in nearly all 120 schools in Newcastle. The campaign was prompted by an incident where Grant was assaulted by the mother of a pupil in 1991, who objected to a letter she had received regarding the student's behaviour. The assault resulted in a prosecution and suspended sentence. In March 1994, she highlighted the importance of mutual respect in managing students, and noted concerns around"
"blacks at the turn of the 20th century. During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, the local schools were slow to integrate, but they finally did so without violence. The ""Mayfield Ten"", ten black students from the segregated Dunbar High School, were allowed to register in 1956 at all-white Mayfield High School. In 2000, Mayfield was shocked by the murder of Jessica Currin, a local resident. The case was finally closed nearly seven years later with the help of a local amateur investigator and a British journalist. On May 10, 2016, an EF3 tornado passed just north"
"school had the goal of creating the ""ideal high school"". The founders embraced an educational concept called ""functional education,"" which meant educating young people to assume their place in the democracy as intelligent, educated, civically involved, ethical people. The curriculum was based on life skills; for example, gaining a lifetime liking for reading, a lifetime passion for learning. From the school's beginning it attracted subject specialists who gained nationwide fame, notably Wendell Shay in science, Esther Goff in English, Elizabeth Schneider in modern dance, Helen Dunbar in square dancing, and Mary Still in journalism. Classroom teaching was largely modeled on"