After the rise of population in the area caused the creation of the town of Clydebank, a new school building was needed.

By the middle of the 1930s a new school building was being built at Janetta Street, in the north of Clydebank.

During the war the building was hit by a parachute mine but was still usable as a temporary first aid post.

The school roll continued to rise in the 1950s and huts had to be assembled in the playgrounds to compensate.

[6] A new school had to be built to cope with the increase in pupils and the damage that the structures faced after 70 years of operation.