St Joseph's College, Dumfries

For other schools of the same name, see Saint Joseph's College (disambiguation).

St Joseph's College
Motto	Nisi Dominus Frustra (Without God, all is in vain)
Established	1875
Type	Comprehensive secondary
Religion	Roman Catholic
Rector	Bernadette Jones
Founders	Marist Brothers, Saint Marcellin Champagnat
Location	Craigs Road Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway DG1 4UU Scotland Coordinates: 55°03′46″N 3°36′03″W / 55.0628°N 3.6008°W / 55.0628; -3.6008
Staff	60 approx.
Students	800 approx.
Gender	Coeducational, formerly boys only
Houses	Wallace, Bruce, Douglas, Stewart (and formerly Balliol)
Colours	Navy blue and gold
Website	stjosephscollege.co.uk

St. Joseph's College is situated on the Craigs Road in Dumfries, south west Scotland. It is a Roman Catholic secondary school. The school began as a Catholic boys' boarding school run by Marist Brothers. It is near St. Michael's Primary School and is one of four secondary schools in Dumfries.

History

St. Joseph's College was founded in 1875 as both a boarding school and the first Novitiate for the training of Marist Brothers in Great Britain. Brother Walfrid, the man who founded Celtic Football Club, also helped to found the school. The school became part of the state school system in 1981, but still accepts Catholic students as priority. The school was a boys' school to begin with, and the first female pupils were admitted as day pupils in the early 1980s.

Buildings

The school was originally located elsewhere in Dumfries but was moved to its current location when a local businessman bought the land and donated it to the Marist Brothers. Numerous expansions to the original build have been made: the assembly hall, extensions to the mathematics and French departments, a new separate building for the RE classrooms, and another new building which contains the dining hall and physical education halls. After the school became public, the buildings transferred to Dumfries and Galloway Council in January 2008, following the sale of part of the school playing fields at Maryfield, for the new medical centre at Gillbrae. The Marist Brothers then had no involvement with the school.

Campus

The school campus is made up of three buildings: the physical education and cafeteria building, the Ewan Duncan Building and the main school building housing the classrooms for all of the other subjects. The grounds contain gardens and lawn at the front and back of the main building, and a playing field area roughly the size of three football fields and several hockey and tennis courts are also included.

Notable former pupils

Jim Brogan, Scottish football player
Philip G. Fothergill, botanist
Sir Charles Forte, Kt., founder of the Forte group of hotels
Allan McNish, a racing driver born in Dumfries and three-time winner of Le Mans 24. He returned in recent years to talk at the annual awards ceremony.
Sir Frank Williams, founder and team principal of the Williams Formula One racing team

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Secondary schools in Dumfries and Galloway

State schools	Annan Academy Castle Douglas High School Dalbeattie High School Douglas Ewart High School Dalry Secondary School Dumfries Academy Dumfries High School Kirkcudbright Academy Langholm Academy Lockerbie Academy Maxwelltown High School Moffat Academy Sanquhar Academy St Joseph's College Stranraer Academy Wallace Hall Academy

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