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The history of schools in Scotland includes the development of all schools as institutions and buildings in Scotland, ... (1793–1864), who founded the first infant school in Scotland, in Glasgow in 1828, [38] emphasised the importance of play and was highly influential on the development of the idea of school playgrounds. [39]

Independent Schools flourished: Glasgow Academy was founded in 1846 and Kelvinside Academy in 1877. In 1878 the High School moved into the Elmbank Street building designed by Charles Wilson as the Academy moved out to a new site at Kelvinbridge. Further schools were run by a plethora of individuals and organisations including the Spoutmount ...

Our records are largely for ‘Public’, i.e. local authority schools. They do include Glasgow High, now a private school, but a Glasgow City Council school until 1975 and John Neilson School, Paisley, which was formerly a private institution. We also hold the records of Park and Laurel Bank Schools, which have always been private.

The history of education in Scotland in its modern sense of organised and institutional learning, began in the Middle Ages, when Church choir schools and grammar schools began educating boys. By the end of the 15th century schools were also being organised for girls and universities were founded at St Andrews , Glasgow and Aberdeen .

The long and illustrious history of The High School of Glasgow spans back nearly 900 years. The original school was founded as the Sang School of Glasgow Cathedral in around 1124, later known as Glasgow Grammar School. It was housed in Grammar School Wynd from 1461 until 1788 when it moved to George Street, then to John Street in 1821.

Schools such as Abbotsford (1879), pictured above, Washington Street (1890) and Martyrs (1897) were all built by the largest single school board in Scotland: The School Board of Glasgow. The Board, created by the Education (Scotland) Act 1872, celebrates its 150th anniversary this year.

Schools like Abbotsford (1879), Washington Street (1890) and Martyrs (1897) were all built by the School Board of Glasgow, the largest in Scotland. The Board was created by the Education (Scotland) Act 1872 which celebrates its 150th anniversary next year. The Act made education compulsory for all children aged between five and thirteen years old.

The second instalment of #HSOGHistory takes us on a whistle stop tour across 900 years.. The High School of Glasgow can trace its history to the Sang School (choir school) for boys at Glasgow Cathedral which started around 1124. This makes us the oldest continuous school in Scotland, a tremendous accolade.

Scotland's oldest school is celebrating its 900th anniversary in 2024, nine centuries after it was founded as a cathedral choir school. Indeed, the High School of Glasgow is more than 50 years older than the city itself.. In 2025, Glasgow will mark the 850th year since it was granted the city's burgh charter in 1175 – although the settlement itself dates back to the sixth century when St ...

History In Schools. These pages highlight new research by historians from the University of Glasgow on topics taught in Scottish schools. The resources listed here are all Open Ac

The High School of Glasgow is a private, co-educational day school in Glasgow, Scotland.The original High School of Glasgow was founded as the choir school of Glasgow Cathedral in around 1124, and is the oldest school in Scotland, [1] and the twelfth oldest in the United Kingdom. On its closure as a selective grammar school by Glasgow City Corporation in 1976, it immediately continued as a co ...

There were only thirteen Catholic schools in Glasgow in 1857 out of a total of 213. The quality of teaching in them was variable and generally inadequate, an unsurprising situation given that until the late 1850s Catholic teachers only received four to six months training. A newspaper's description of St Mungo's RC School in Glasgow in 1856-7 ...

In Glasgow this amounted to around 90,000 children. Catholic and Episcopalian schools opted out of the new system, as they wished to protect their denominational status. We’re fortunate to hold the records for Glasgow, Govan and other local School Boards here at Glasgow City Archives, that show the careful planning for, and impact of, the ...

Formerly known as Garnethill Public School, the name of our former girls’ school was changed to The Glasgow High School for Girls in 1894. During its 79-year history, the School was housed at two sites – first at Buccleuch Street until 1968, and latterly at 42 Cleveden Road from 1968-73.

In 1827, Glasgow made a contribution to school education for which the city became world famous. David Stow opened the Glasgow Model School that combined teacher training and a day school in the one institution. Stow's influence has carried on into the 21st century and his name is remembered in Stow College and the David Stow Building in the ...

schools and educational community in Scotland. Stephen J. McKinney is a professor in the School of Education, University of Glasgow. His research interests include Catholic Schools and the impact of poverty on school education. He is the past President of Scottish Educational Research Association and a former co-editor of

Scotland's universities developed in three distinct stages: the ancient universities (St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh) were founded in the 15th and 16th centuries; the plate glass universities (Dundee, Strathclyde, Heriot-Watt, Stirling) raised to university status in the 1960s; and the newest group (Glasgow Caledonian, Napier, Paisley, Robert Gordon, Abertay) elevated to university ...

Schools such as Hyndland became well known senior secondary schools with John Street and Adelphi Street among Glasgow's respected junior secondaries. School provision had, however, to take account of the religious divide with the creation of denominational (Roman Catholic) and non-denominational schools.

The Glasgow School was a circle of influential artists and designers that began to coalesce in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1870s, and flourished from the 1890s to around 1910. Representative groups included The Four (also known as the Spook School), the Glasgow Girls and the Glasgow Boys.Part of the international Art Nouveau movement, they were responsible for creating the distinctive Glasgow ...

The Glasgow School was a circle of influential artists and designers that began to coalesce in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1870s, and flourished from the 1890s to around 1910. Representative groups included The Four (also known as the Spook School), the Glasgow Girls [1] and the Glasgow Boys. [2] Part of the international Art Nouveau movement, they were responsible for creating the distinctive ...