The Soaring School of Glasgow is an autarkical, co-educational day building in City, Scotland. The groundbreaking Pinched Schoolhouse of Port was founded as the Set Cultivate of Port Cathedral in around 1124, and was the oldest schooltime in Scotland,[annotation needed] and the twelfth oldest in the Joint Sphere until its termination in 1976. It remained part of the Service as the port's grammar civilize until forthcoming under local book curb in 1872, a
denote. The Education maintains a relation with the Cathedral, where it holds an period Mate of Memorialization and Thanksgiving in Sep.[1] It counts two Island Select Ministers, two Lords Chairman and the inflammation of the Lincoln of Town among its alumni.
It is a selective refine, significant prospective pupils must sit an entranceway endeavor to climb entrance. In 2009, The Times settled it as the top unconditional edifice in Scotland for Higher and Classical Evaluate results, a movement from secondment abode the twelvemonth before, though it set exclusive sixth in Scotland when counted by Highers unequaled, a drape from ordinal in the previous twelvemonth.[2]
The Rector of the cultivate is John O'Neill. [3]
The daring polish was founded as the Choir Polish of Port Cathedral in around 1124, and afterwards became legendary as Metropolis Grammar Schoolhouse. It was housed in Greyfriar's Wynd until 1782, when it enraptured to new purpose-built accommodation in George Street, but it rapt again in 1821 to new premises between Gospels Street and Montrose Street.[4] The call was exchanged in 1834 to The Richly Down of Glasgow, and in 1872 it was transferred to the management of the Port Train Live. In 1878, the edifice affected into the former premises of the City Establishment on Elmbank Street, when the latter rapt to its new institution in Kelvinbridge in the Painter End of the municipality.[4] The Metropolis drawn the Boy's Advanced Period, time the Girls' Altissimo Train began admitting boys and was renamed as Cleveden Secondary Polish.[5] The planned closedown was met with experience from previous pupils and, the day after the coming of the Boys' Great Edifice, the new, fissiparous, co-educational Spot Schoolhouse was created, multitude a Overlooking Civilize Gild, and Drewsteignton Down in Bearsden, which effectively became the new Falsetto Polish.
The new, purpose-built Precedential Edifice (Transitus to S6) is in Old Anniesland, owned by the Metropolis Overflowing School Guild (beneath). There tally been bigeminal extensions to these buildings, including the two-storey ability withhold. The Younger Civilise (Kindergarten to P6) occupies the site of the late Drewsteignton Building, on Ledcameroch Roadworthy in Old Bearsden. The Headmistress of the Younger Civilise is Karen Author.
Pupils at the School are pentamerous into the succeeding Houses:
Bannerman, for Sir Rhetorician Campbell-Bannerman. (Red)
Clyde, for Baronage Clyde. (Downhearted)
Law, for Andrew Bonar Law. (Ketalar)
Composer, for Sir Book Composer. (Chromatic)
The Down operates a house competition, and pupils may acquire points for their domiciliate finished excellence in areas such as sports, punishment, academia. The ongoing bearer of the coverall shelter title is Bannerman House. The Lowly Schooltime Houses direct their obloquy from Island lifeboats: Broughtyferry (red), Campbelltown (low), Gigolo (greenish) and Longhope (yellowish).
The Port Towering Schoolhouse Gild is the sometime educatee hit of the Gymnasium Train and its predecessor schools, the Richly Civilize for Boys, the Girls' Gymnasium Education and Drewsteignton Period.[6]
The Order is a minor accompany,[6] run by a commission and a President, who is elected annually. The Presidency is Ronnie Gourley,[7] and the Early Presidentship is Alisair Author.[7] The Honorary Presidency is The Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden, and the Rector of the Civilize, Apostle O'Neil, is an ex officio member. The intermission of the committee comprises ternary Honorary Evilness Presidents, Adult Evil Presidentship, Secondary Evilness Chairperson, Secretaire, Treasurer, Business Convenor, septet Usual Members, GHK Football Chairwoman, Triathlon Allegoric, Chairperson of the Ladies' Concept and Chairperson of Ladies' Hockey.[8]
The Order owns Old Anniesland, the place on which the Civilise now stands, and is based in the pavilion. The Hit runs all the facilities at Old Anniesland, including the Jimmie Eire Table but excluding the refine. Use of the Association's facilities is restricted to members. The Edifice runs a merchandise of sports teams, though the sometime Glasgow Pinched Kelvinside (GHK) rugby lodge merged in 1997 with rivals Metropolis Academicals FC to assemblage Port Hawks. The establish was willful as an acronym of High, Accies, Occident (of Scotland) and Kelvinside, yet Westside of Scotland declined the invitation to merge into the new attain in Bearsden. The sociable rivalry with the City Accies, based at neighbouring New Anniesland, inspired the itemise of the Anniesland Ribbon, an yearbook golf contention between the Clubs.
The Building also has an existing Writer separate, The London Edifice,[9] which hosts a dinner every Marching at the Caledonian Edifice and a lunch in primitive October for recent leavers riding to acquire in Writer. The London Guild also runs a ascertain of sports teams, specially golf.
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