Hutchesons' Grammar School
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| Hutchesons' Grammar School | |
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Beaton Road , G41 4NW | |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent school |
| Motto | Veritas |
| Established | 1641 |
| Rector | Dr Kennet M Greig |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Enrollment | 2000 (approx) |
| Website | http://www.hutchesons.org |
Hutchesons' Grammar School is a co-educational independent school in the southside of Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded by the brothers George Hutcheson [1] and Thomas Hutcheson in 1641 [2] and was opened originally to educate orphans, starting with "twelve male children, indigent orphans".[2]
In 1876 a girls' school was opened on Kingarth Street. The Boys' and Girls' schools amalgamated in 1976 at Beaton Road, leaving Kingarth Street to house the primary school. In 2001, the school expanded into Glasgow's West End when it merged with Laurelbank School and created a nursery and primary school on Lilybank Terrace, although this has since closed and the building suffered heavy damage in a fire in November 2008.
Today, "Hutchie", as the school is known informally, has around 2,000 pupils at Kingarth Street and Beaton Road.
The current rector is Kenneth M Greig MA, PhD.
History
George and Thomas Hutcheson set aside money for their school in 1641. The brothers originally intended the School to be for orphans. Archibald Edmiston, an orphan himself, became the School's first pupil in 1643 and, seven years later, the School had "12 boys on the roll", to whom the school song refers.
The brothers built Hutchesons' Hospital Building in the Trongate which survived the fire that destroyed much of the city in 1652.
The school required several moves to accommodate its growing number of pupils. It twice changed address before the school moved to Ingram Street in 1802. By 1815 the school had 76 pupils. By 1839 it stood at 120 which prompted the Patrons' decision to build a new school in Crown Street, Gorbals. The new building was opened in 1841 and remained in use until 1960.
In 1876, Hutchesons' Girls' School was opened on Elgin Street. Hutchesons' Girls' Grammar School, as it was now known, re-located in 1912 to the present primary school building in Kingarth Street.
Beaton Road in Crossmyloof became home to Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School in 1960.
In 1975 Hutchesons' Girls' Grammar School and Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School were amalgamated to form Hutchesons' Grammar School, the co-educational institution which remains in this form today. The girls' site in Kingarth Street became the mixed primary school with all the secondary pupils at what had been the boys' school in Beaton Road.
In 1991, a 3-storey Science Block was erected in the Beaton Road carpark and in 1994 a new Infant Block at Kingarth Street was constructed. A new Sports Building was developed on the Playing Fields at Beaton Road in 1998, allowing the old gymnasium in the Senior School to be converted into a library the following year. Since 2000 the Fotheringay Centre has been built with a number of new facilities.
Fees range between £7,613 and £9,459 per annum.[4]
The school includes a large number of Jewish and Muslim pupils who constitute approximately 15% of the senior school roll. There is a Jewish assembly every Thursday and a Muslim assembly one Thursday a month. A new sports track was completed in September 2009 and a drama complex is currently being built, which was due to open around Christmas 2011.
Scottish Independent School of the Year
In November 2011, Hutchesons' Grammar School was named the 'Scottish Independent Secondary school of the year'.[5]
Notable alumni
- R. D. Laing - Influential psychiatrist in the field of psychosis
- James Maxton - 'Red Clydesider' MP and leader of the Independent Labour Party
- John Buchan - Novelist, historian and Governor-General of Canada
- Derry Irvine - controversial Barrister, QC and former Lord Chancellor
- Carol Smillie - TV Presenter and former model
- Gordon Bulloch - Played professional rugby union for Scotland and captained the British Lions
- Ken Bruce - Radio 2 DJ
- Adair Turner (Lord Turner of Ecchinswell) - chair of the Financial Services Authority
- Russell Waters - film and television actor
- David Weitzman - Labour MP
- Anas Sarwar - Labour MP
- Iain Stewart - Conservative MP
- Daniel Lamont Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1936 to 1937
References
- ^ http://www.glasgowsculpture.com/pg_images.php?sub=hutcheson_bros
- ^ a b Hutcheson, George (1891). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Thomas Hutcheson. University of Glasgow
- ^ http://www.hutchesons.org/admissions/fees-and-bursaries
- ^ http://www.isc.co.uk/20111114_schoolNews
External links
- Hutchesons' Website
- Hutchesons' Grammar School page on Scottish Schools Online
- "Statues of the Hutcheson Brothers" Glasgow - City of Sculpture By Gary Nisbet
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