Knightswood Secondary School - Layout and Structure

Layout and Structure

KSS was the first school designed by the modernist architects Gillespie, Kidd & Coia. Designed in 1938, it was not built until the 1950s, being opened on 10 October 1958 by John Maclay, Secretary of State for Scotland. It is now protected as a category B listed building. KSS contains four floors, as well as three annexes.

	Ground floor	First floor	Second floor	Third floor
Facilities	Staff conference room Crush hall1 Dining hall Cafe area Drama studio2 Guidance offices Offices Toilets Dance School Of Scotland	Assembly hall Drama studio2 Staff rooms	Computer suite Staff rooms	None
Departments	Chemistry Design Drama English Technical Studies	Biology Dance3 History Home economics4 Modern studies5 Music Physics Religious education	Art Computing Mathermatics	French Geography Religious Education

1The crush hall is a social area containing students' lockers. It is given its name for the "crush" of students it is able to contain during rain or other conditions that would cause students to be unable to remain outside during breaks.

2 The drama studio, with separate performance and audience areas, extends to two floors.

3 The dance department provides dance instruction for mainstream students, and not students of the dance school of Scotland.

4 Home economics covers the subjects of food and textile technology.

5 Modern studies is most closely compared to politics, or recent history.

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