The Glasgow Academy
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| Motto | Serva Fidem |
| Established | 1845 |
| Type | Independent school |
| Headmaster | Mr. Peter Brodie[1] |
| Founder | Members of Free Church of Scotland[1] |
| Students | 1200 approx |
| Location | Colebrook Terrace, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Charity Number | SCO 15638 |
| Website | Official Website |
- This should not be confused with the Carling Academy Glasgow
Founded in 1845, The Glasgow Academy is the second oldest fully independent school in Glasgow, Scotland.[2] It is located in the Kelvinbridge area and has approximately 1200 pupils, split between three preparatory schools and a senior school.
The current Rector is Peter Brodie, who has held the position since 2005.
The school is currently in the stage of building a completely new preparatory school which will replace the older preparatory school in Colebrooke Terrace. The new school will be built a few hundred yards away on old derelict land which used to be houses. The old school is expected to be changed into more classrooms and expanded facilities for the senior school.
The school has a well established house system which divides all pupils in the school
into four different houses: Arthur, Fraser, Morrison and Temple. House assemblies are regularly held and pupils enter a wide
range of activities competing in houses. Activities include football,
The school offers many sporting opportunities to its pupils ranging from the usual rugby union, field hockey, tennis and cricket to the more unusual shooting and curling. The school also has a CCF, comprising Army, Navy and RAF sections.
Senior Management Team
- Rector - Mr. Peter Brodie[2]
- Deputy Rector (Head of S1 - S2) - Mr. I.M. MacLeod
- Assistant Rector (Head of S3 - S4) - Dr. J. Andrews
- Assistant Rector (Head of S5 - S6) - Mr. A.L. Evans
- Head of Prep School - Mr. A. Brooke[3]
For Session 2007/08, the Head Boy is John Fitzpatrick, and the Head Girl is Ruth Beaton.
Notable alumni
- John Arthur, Church of Scotland missionary to East Africa.
- J. M. Barrie, writer of 'Peter Pan'
- Sir James Caird (1864–1954), founder of the National Maritime Museum.
- Sir John Cargill, Chairman of Burmah Oil Company, 1904–1943
- 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
- Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde, Scottish Unionist Party MP
- Michael Hirst, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party MP and Chairman
- 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
- Alexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker, philosopher
- Alan Mackin, Professional tennis player (Ranked 262 in World)[4]
- Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, leader of the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Democrats
- 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
- Albert Russell, Scottish Unionist Party MP, Solicitor General for Scotland
- William Sharp, poet and literary biographer
- Ninian Smart, scholar of religion
- Norman Stone, historian
- Sir James Mann Wordie, polar explorer and geologist
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