Ford Kiernan is best known for playing Jack in Still Game with the actor, comedian and writer having attended Whitehill Secondary School during the 1970s. He was born in Shettleston and attended Alexandra Parade Primary School. Ford Kiernan is best known for playing Jack in Still Game with the actor, comedian and writer having attended Whitehill Secondary School during the 1970s. He was born in Shettleston and attended Alexandra Parade Primary School.
Ford Kiernan is best known for playing Jack in Still Game with the actor, comedian and writer having attended Whitehill Secondary School during the 1970s. He was born in Shettleston and attended Alexandra Parade Primary School. | BBC

People of Dennistoun: 7 famous faces who were pupils at Whitehill Secondary School

Some of the famous faces who attended Whitehill Secondary School in Glasgow

Whitehill Secondary can be found in Dennistoun in Glasgow's East End on Onslow Drive with the school being founded in 1891 and opened by John Neilson Cuthbertson, the chairman of the Board.

The current school building was opened in 1977 with the old red sandstone building on Whitehill Street being demolished. The Whitehill learning community takes in the likes of Alexandra Parade primary school, Golfhill primary school and Haghill Park primary school.

Some of Glasgow's best loved comedians have attended the secondary in Glasgow's East End with FA Cup winning footballers, writers, musicians and actors also being part of their alumni.

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