SSFA Schools Quality Award
Scotland manager, Gordon Strachan, has sent his personal congratulations to the school, the staff and players who have been awarded the SFA Schools Quality Award for Football. He said: 
“Congratulations to Hyndland Secondary School on becoming the first school in the country to receive the Schools Quality Award. I have fond memories of playing schools football and the rivalries helped me to improve, while the friendships with team-mates have lasted a lifetime.
“It provides an invaluable step towards realising your ambitions and I urge all of the players to continue to work hard, challenge yourselves to improve every day and that commitment will serve you well in football and in life.”
We are absolutely delighted to have been named as the first school in Scotland to receive the SFA Schools Quality Award for football, and hope that all our young people will continue to proudly represent the school and work hard in everything they do here at Hyndland Secondary.
Mr Downie was invited into the Clyde 1 studio on Wednesday evening as a guest on their Superscoreboard football show to discuss the award and school football more generally. While on air he was able to announce that Arnold Clark have kindly agreed to donate a minibus to the school for 12 months to help us in getting pupils to extra curricular and educational activities. We are extremely grateful for their generous support, and will be looking to start a fundraising drive to raise the required funds to purchase a school minibus at the end of that 12 month period.
You can listen to Mr Downie on Clyde 1 Superscoreboard HERE
Partick Thistle visited the School on Friday for a special training session with our S1/S2 team, with first team players, Ryan Edwards and Matin Keown staying behind to speak to the our young people on the importance of hard work and their conduct on and off the pitch.
The award itself was presented to Mrs McNeil and Mr Downie on Friday evening at Cappielow Stadium, prior to kick off in the Scotland vs England U18 Schools Centenary Shield Match.
Well done once again to everyone involved! You can keep up to date with football at Hyndland through the school website (by clicking HERE) or by following @HyndlandFoxes on Twitter or Instagram