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| Motto | Serva Fidem (Keep The Faith) |
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| Established | 1845 |
| Type | Independent school |
| Headmaster | Mr. Peter Brodie[1] |
| Founder | Members of Free Church of Scotland[2] |
| Students | 1200 approx |
| Location | Colebrooke Street, Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Charity Number | SCO 15638 |
| Website | Official Website |
Founded in 1845, The Glasgow Academy is the oldest fully independent school in Glasgow, Scotland.[3] It is located in the Kelvinbridge area and has approximately 1200 pupils, split between three preparatory school sites and a senior school.[4]
The current Rector is Peter Brodie, who has held the position since 2005.
HMIe last inspected the school in November, 2008.[5]
In 2009 The Glasgow Academy was ranked as the 10th best secondary school in Scotland based on Higher and Standard Grade exam results.[1]
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History
On 8th May 1845, a number of members and ministers of the newly formed Free Church of Scotland met to discuss the extension of the church’s activities into the sphere of education. [2] It was decided that they would build an “academic institution” and it was agreed by all that the school would be established “for the purpose of teaching youth the various branches of secular knowledge, based upon strictly evangelical principles and pervaded by religious instruction”. [3]
On 5th May 1847, a formal opening ceremony was held for the Academy’s buildings in Elmbank Place. [4] Four years later, on the departure of the school’s first Rector, James Cumming, it was decided that the schoolmasters would collectively run the Academy themselves on a collegiate basis without a Rector. [5] This system stayed in place for ten years until Donald Morrison was appointed in 1861, both to lead the Classical Department and to superintend all classes in the school. He remained Rector for 38 years. [6]
In 1878 the Academy moved from its site in Elmbank Street to its current location at Kelvinbridge, leaving its original buildings to be occupied by the High School of Glasgow. [7] In 1919 the War Memorial Trust was established to take over ownership of the school and to commemorate those who had served and fallen in the War. [8]
Since then, the Academy has continued to undergo substantial changes. The merger with Westbourne School for Girls in 1990 turned the Academy into a co-educational school [9] and further mergers have followed as the Academy has extended its borders beyond Kelvinbridge. Atholl Preparatory School in Milngavie and Dairsie House School in Newlands are now established parts of the Academy community.
New Preparatory School
The school has just built a completely new Prep School, located on the riverside with panoramic views over the River Kelvin. State-of-the-art whiteboards and wireless access throughout the building can be found, along with classrooms with bright natural light, 'break-out areas' outside the classrooms, a spacious hall, library, conference room and roof terrace.[6] The former Prep School building has been refurbished in order to improve the facilities of the Senior School, provide a superior environment for pupils at the top of the Prep School who have their own dedicated area in it and create a dedicated area for all year round nursery and after school care.
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:
- Arthur
- Fraser
- Morrison
- Temple
House assemblies are regularly held and pupils enter a wide range of activities competing in Houses. Activities include football, volleyball, debating and an annual House singing competition.
Sports
The school offers many sporting opportunities to its pupils, including those more common:
- rugby union (boys in winter)
- field hockey (girls and senior boys in winter)
- tennis (senior boys and girls in summer)
- athletics (boys and girls in summer) and
- cricket (boys and senior girls in summer).
The School also offers the more unusual:
Drama, Music, CCF and Outdoor Education
At present, there are almost 500 pupils receiving instrumental lessons and the Music Department provides a range of opportunities for pupils to perform in ensembles and choirs, compose original music and study musical theory. There is a bi-annual music tour, the most recent of which was to Italy. Music is housed in its own building and its facilities include a 60-seater performance room equipped with a Yamaha concert grand piano, two classrooms, many practice rooms and a recording studio.
A new Drama Department was created in August 2009, and it is currently providing a full range of Drama courses, including Prep Drama, S1 Drama, Standard Grade and Higher. There are major plans for a new Performance Centre, as well as a new state-of-the-art Drama Studio and other Drama facilities. There are regular plays, musicals and concerts and pupils have the opportunity to produce their own shows.
The school also has a Combined Cadet Force (CCF), comprising Army, Navy and RAF sections.[8]
In the Outdoor Education programme, pupils progress from experiences at residential centres, participation in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award expeditions, whitewater kayaking and winter mountaineering, where they become more autonomous, to travelling to unexplored areas of East Greenland where they make self-led ascents of unclimbed peaks.
School Song
The Glasgow Academy School Song, with a verse translation by Frank Roydon Richards.
| Carmen | Idem Anglice Redditum |
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| Qui mos erat scholaribus Olim, nunc usurpamus; Vetustis conditoribus Cantus grates agamus; Musas est salutare Scholae fidem iuvare; Sic nos solutis coribus Libenter concinamus. Hic velut in cunabulis |
From Learning's earliest abode Recall we this invention; In thanks to him who found this mode Of art, there's no dissension. 'Tis well that Music's beauty Should aid our loyal duty; So let us raise the joyous ode, And banish sorrow's mention! Of loyal hearts there is full need |
Academy Tartan
In 1996 a school tartan was designed by Alison I. Bruce[9]. The tartan is a combination of the main school colours, navy blue and heather (purple), with the addition of black for some depth.
The Glasgow Academy Tartan is worn as a skirt by all Secondary School girls and can be worn as a winter pinafore by all Preparatory School girls.
The Glasgow Academy Tartan is registered with the Scottish Tartans Authority as an Educational Tartan, STA No. 2052[10].
Senior Leadership Team
Secondary School
- Rector - Mr. Peter Brodie
- Deputy Rector (Head of S1 - S2) - Mr. G.W. Horgan
- Assistant Rector (Head of S3 - S4) - Dr. J. Andrews
- Assistant Rector (Head of S5 - S6) - Mr. A.L. Evans
- Assistant Rector (Attainment, Learning and Teaching) - Mr. B.P. Farrelly
Preparatory School
- Head of Prep School - Mr. A. Brooke
- Deputy Head of Prep School - Mr. R.G.B. Teall
- Assistant Head (P4 - P5) - Mr A.W. Marshall
- Assistant Rector (P6 - P7) - Miss H.J. Logie
- Head of Dairsie - Mrs S.S. McKnight
- Head of Atholl - Miss J.A. McMorran
- Child Care Manager - Mrs J.Thompson
Administration
- General Manager - Dr. W.R. Kerr
- Director of External Relations - Mr. M.R. McNaught[10]
Notable alumni
- John Arthur, Church of Scotland missionary to East Africa.
- J. M. Barrie, writer of 'Peter Pan'
- Laura Bartlett, British Hockey Player and Olympic Athlete[11][12][13]
- John Beattie (rugby player), rugby player for Scotland and British Lions
- Sir James Caird (1864–1954), founder of the National Maritime Museum.
- Miller Caldwell, Author, UNESCO Camp Manager at Mundihar in Pakistan [14]
- Billy Campbell, winner of the 2009 Scottish BAFTA Best Fictional Film award for 'Life of a Pigeon'[15].
- Sir John Cargill, Chairman of Burmah Oil Company, 1904–1943
- Jackson Carlaw, Scottish Conservative Party MSP.
- Andrew Colin (financial analyst), Adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane and at Southern Cross University in New South Wales
- Douglas Crawford, Scottish National Party MP
- Darius Danesh, singer-songwriter & actor
- Donald Dewar, Scottish Labour Party MP and MSP, first First Minister of Scotland
- Walter Elliot, Scottish Unionist Party MP, Secretary of State for Scotland
- Niall Ferguson, Professor of History at Harvard University
- George Macdonald Fraser, Author [16]
- John Gardner (law), Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Oxford
- Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde, Scottish Unionist Party MP
- Group Captain Sir Louis Leisler Greig, KBE, CVO British naval surgeon, and intimate of King George VI (1880 –1953)
- Sir Angus Grossart, Chairman and executive director of merchant bank Noble Grossart[17]
- Rev. Dr Andrew Harper, Scottish–Australian Biblical scholar and Principal of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne and St Andrew's College, Sydney (also attended Scotch College, Melbourne)[11]
- Michael Hirst, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party MP and Chairman
- Sir William Wilson Hunter, K.C.S.I. (1840-1900)
- Sir Jeremy Isaacs Founder of Channel 4
- Nicholas P. Jewell, Vice Provost & Professor of Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley
- William Paton Ker, literary critic
- John Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard, diplomat and crossbench life peer
- Colin Kidd, Professor of Modern History at University of Glasgow
- Alexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker, philosopher
- Maurice Lindsay CBE Scottish broadcaster, writer and poet (1918 – 2009).
- Sir James Lithgow, shipbuilder and industrialist; 1883-1952
- Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum[18]
- Alan Mackin, Professional tennis player (Ranked 262 in World)[19]
- Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, leader of the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Democrats
- George Matheson theologian and preacher (1842 - 1906).
- W. H. Murray, mountaineer, explorer and writer
- Alexander Pollock, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party MP, sheriff
- William Ramsay, discovered the gas 'Argon'
- John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, founder of the BBC
- James Prime, keyboard player for Deacon Blue,lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland
- Albert Russell, Scottish Unionist Party MP, Solicitor General for Scotland
- David Scott Iain Belch, Notable researcher in the field of medicine, Cancer Research
- William Sharp, poet and literary biographer
- Ninian Smart, scholar of religion
- Norman Stone, historian
- Iain Vallance, Baron Vallance of Tummel, ex Chief Executive of BT, Liberal Democrat politician
- Herbert Waddell Scottish rugby internationalist and president of the Barbarians(1902 – 1988)
- Sir James Wordie, polar explorer and geologist
- Andrew Odber, Pianist and Composer
Notable alumni of Westbourne School for Girls
- Fiona Kennedy,singer, actress and broadcaster
- Kate Mavor, Chief Executive, National Trust for Scotland[20]
- Kate Muir, author and weekly columnist in The Times magazine, has worked as a foreign correspondent in Paris, New York and Washington, D.C. [21]
- Prof Elizabeth Treasure, Dean and Head of the School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, General Manager for Dental Services within Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. [22]
- Louise White - broadcast journalist and presenter, best known as a newsreader for STV News at Six.
Bibliography
MacLeod, Iain M., The Glasgow Academy 150 Years, (The Glasgow Academicals' War Memorial Trust, 1997)
References
- ^ hhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/parentpower/league_tables.php?t=scottish_independent_secondaries
- ^ The Glasgow Academy, 150 Years, p.1
- ^ The Glasgow Academy, 150 Years, p.2
- ^ The Glasgow Academy, 150 Years, p.6
- ^ The Glasgow Academy, 150 Years, p.10,11
- ^ The Glasgow Academy, 150 Years, p.16 - 22
- ^ The Glasgow Academy, 150 Years, p.37- 44
- ^ The Glasgow Academy, 150 Years, p.90,91
- ^ The Glasgow Academy, 150 Years, p.201
- ^ http://www.theglasgowacademy.org.uk/ntga/home/Documents/InfoBook0910.pdf
- ^ Chambers, Don (1983). "Harper, Andrew (1844 - 1936)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 9 (Online ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 200-202. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090198b.htm?hilite=harper. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
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Coordinates: 55°52′33″N 4°16′46″W / 55.87583°N 4.27944°W
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