The Glasgow Academy Explained

The Glasgow Academy
Motto:Serva Fidem
(Keep Faith)
Type:Public School
Private day school
Head Label:Rector
Head:Matthew Pearce
Chair Label:Chair
Chair:Jane Gotts
Address:Colebrooke Street
Country:Scotland
Postcode:G12 8HE
Local Authority:Glasgow City Council
Enrolment:1660
Gender:Mixed
Lower Age:3
Upper Age:18
Houses: Arthur
Fraser
Morrison
Temple
Free Label 1:Charity Number
Free 1:SCO 15638
Free Label 3:Campuses
Free 3:Kelvinbridge, Milngavie & Newlands[1]

The Glasgow Academy is a coeducational private day school for pupils aged 3–18 in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2016, it had the third-best Higher level exam results in Scotland.[2] Founded in 1845, it is the oldest continuously fully private school[3] in Glasgow.

History

In May 1845, William Campbell of Tullichewan convened a meeting in the Star Hotel in George Square with Free Church ministers to discuss establishing "an Academic Institution in the City". As a result of this meeting, The Glasgow Academy was formed.[4]

The school war memorial was designed by former pupil Alexander Nisbet Paterson in 1922.[5]

In 1981 the school admitted girl pupils for the first time.[6]

In 1991, Glasgow Academy merged with Westbourne School for Girls,[7] adopting the distinctive purple of its uniform in the school badge and tartan. It is located in the Kelvinbridge area and has approximately 1350 pupils, split between three preparatory school sites and a senior school.The current rector is Matthew Pearce, who has held the position since 2019.

The Academy is one of the schools in Scotland which are Stonewall School Champions, an LGBT initiative which provides training for staff and pupils against homophobic bullying.

The Glasgow Academy's preparatory school is the first school in the UK to have been awarded the Diana Gold Award for Anti-Bullying.

HMIe last inspected the school in November 2008.[8]

House system

The school has a well established house system, which divides all pupils in the school into four different Houses, each represented by a School Colour:

All of the houses are named after notable alumni or previous Rectors that have influenced the Academy greatly.

In the Senior School, House assemblies are normally held once a week and are run by two teachers, one male and one female, as Head of Houses.

Senior Pupils enter a wide range of activities competing in Houses. These activities include football, rugby, hockey, debating, Netball as well as an annual House singing competition and an annual Sports Day.

Notable alumni

Notable alumnae of Westbourne School for Girls

Bibliography

MacLeod, Iain M., The Glasgow Academy 150 Years, (The Glasgow Academicals' War Memorial Trust, 1997)

External links

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Notes and References

  1. https://mosaic-ad.com/2018/01/23/children-bowled-over-by-newlands-nursery/ Children bowled over by Newlands Nursery for The Glasgow Academy
  2. Web site: Record exam results!. 26 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150622220124/http://www.theglasgowacademy.org.uk/news/48. 22 June 2015. dead.
  3. Web site: Glasgow Academy | Junior and Senior Mixed Independent School | Scotland . Guide to Independent Schools . 26 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110630183006/http://www.guidetoindependentschools.com/schools/view/165/Glasgow-Academy/HMC-HAS/The-Glasgow-Academy-Colebrooke-Street-Glasgow-G12-8HE . 30 June 2011 . dead.
  4. Book: MacLeod, Iain . The Glasgow Academy : 150 years . 1997 . Glasgow Academicals' War Memorial Trust . Glasgow Academicals' War Memorial Trust . 0-9530515-0-1 . Glasgow . 37560336.
  5. Web site: Dictionary of Scottish Architects – DSA Architect Biography Report (September 7, 2022, 3:57 am) .
  6. News: Glasgow Academy to take in girl pupils for the first time . Tom . Shields . 25 May 1981 . 14 . 3 March 2018.
  7. News: Till the End of Their Days . The Herald . Glasgow . Tim . Luckhurst . 12 January 2001 . 15 June 2016.
  8. Web site: Archived copy . 11 February 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723013022/http://www.theglasgowacademy.org.uk/ntga/home/The%20Glasgow%20Academy%20HMIe%20Report.pdf . 23 July 2011 . dead .
  9. Web site: Laura Bartlett . Laura Bartlett . Great Britain Hockey . 26 June 2011 .
  10. Web site: Athlete – The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games. 4 May 2018. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20080909174218/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/225274.shtml. 9 September 2008.
  11. Web site: Parents Info – News . Theglasgowacademy.org.uk . 26 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723012937/http://www.theglasgowacademy.org.uk/ntga/parental/archive/LauraInspration.html . 23 July 2011 . dead.
  12. Web site: BAFTA for Billy Campbell | UCA . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928020209/http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/article/24143/BAFTA-for-Billy-Campbell . dead . 28 September 2011 . Ucreative.ac.uk . 26 June 2011.
  13. News: George MacDonald Fraser . https://web.archive.org/web/20080109010859/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/03/db0304.xml . dead . 9 January 2008 . The Telegraph . London . 3 January 2008 . 26 June 2011.
  14. News: Fraser . Douglas . Why Grossart's appointment is such a coup . Herald Scotland . Glasgow . 11 September 2008 . 26 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220722200626/https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12756667.grossarts-appointment-coup/ . 22 July 2022 . dead.
  15. Encyclopedia: Chambers. Don. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Harper, Andrew (1844–1936) . 4 March 2008. Online. 1983. Melbourne University Press. 9. Melbourne. 200–202.
  16. Web site: Briton of the Year: Neil MacGregor. 26 September 2016 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110830210522/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article5400493.ece . 30 August 2011 .

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