CLYDEVIEW Academy's tenth anniversary is extra special for two teachers - who were pupils when the school opened its doors.

Chantelle Murdoch was one of the first ever sixth years, helping to bring all the pupils from the former Gourock High and Greenock Academy together and create a new school community.

After heading off to university to study accountancy and finance she has returned to Bayhill as a business teacher.

She is joined in the staff room by Murray Knox, who was among the first S1 intake in 2011 and is now back as a maths teacher.

Chantelle, 27, of Wemyss Bay, said: "It is a really special school to work in, I absolutely love it.

"When I had the chance to come here I jumped at it.

"The staff and pupils are brilliant.

"I really can't believe it has been ten years.

"When I went into secondary it was still Gourock High, so it was a different experience for us I guess.

"But it was lovely getting to know all the other pupils.

"It was a good experience to learn to mix with other people and make new friends."

Clydeview Academy is a real family affair for Chantelle as her mum Jacqueline was a home economics teacher at the school and her younger sisters Melissa, 26, and Orianne, 22, went to the school as well.

Ms Murdoch is also now the principal teacher of health and wellbeing as well after coming back as a teacher in 2018.

She said: "It is a real privilege to be leading in health and wellbeing.

"I am looking forward to all the tenth anniversary celebrations, looking back at what we have achieved here and to see where all the pupils are now."

Fellow former Clydeview pupil Murray Knox, 22, is now a maths teacher and says it is a privilege to be back at his old school.

He said: "It was funny at first walking in to the staff room, because I knew most of the teachers as Mr and Mrs, I didn't know their first names.

"But they made me feel so at home."

Murray was inspired to go into teaching by his own maths teacher Evelyn McKay, who recently retired.

He said: "She really was an inspiration to me, but so were lots of the teachers.

"It was a great place to get an education."

Murray hailed Jill Gilliespie, the modern languages teacher who is helping organise the tenth anniversary celebrations.

He said: "I was not very good at languages but I passed my higher Spanish because Jill was enthusiastic and helped us through it."

The young teacher, in his first year in the profession, says it is a passion of his after studying maths at Strathclyde University.

Murray, who has an older sister, Seonaid, and a young brother, Garath, said: "I am involved in the scouts as an Explorers leader.

"I wanted to work with young people and do something with maths, so it was the perfect route to go down."

They are just two of the former pupils who will be sharing their stories and joining in the celebrations as Clydeview Academy holds a number of events throughout the year.

They are also hoping to get information about as many ex pupils as possible, who can fill out a form online at https://forms.office.com/r/618mb3fPqq