History
It was opened on 10 February 1928 by Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl. There were eight class rooms, two music rooms, a laboratory and science room, and a kitchen for teaching domestic science. It could accommodate 196 girls. The headmistress was Miss Nonita Glenday.
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