Hutchesons' Grammar School
| Motto | Veritas (Truth) |
|---|---|
| Established | 1641 |
| Type | Independent school |
| Rector | Kenneth M Greig |
| Location | Beaton Road Glasgow G41 4NW Scotland Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Students | 2000 (approx) |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Website | www.hutchesons.org |
Hutchesons' Grammar School is a co-educational independent school in the southside of Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded as Hutchesons Boys' Grammar School by the brothers George Hutcheson and Thomas Hutcheson in 1641 [1] and was opened originally to educate orphans, starting with "twelve male children, indigent orphans".[1]
For much of its early life the boys' school was situated at Crown Street in the Gorbals. In 1876 a girls' school was opened in the former Gorbals Youth School in Elgin Street, moving to Kingarth Street in Pollokshields in 1912. The Boys' and Girls' schools amalgamated in 1976 at Beaton Road where the Boys' school had moved to in 1957. Kingarth Street became the co-ed primary school. In 2001, the school expanded into Glasgow's West End when it merged with Laurel Park School and created a nursery and primary school on Lilybank Terrace, although this has since closed. 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 the new home to the primary school of Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School in 1957 with the secondary school moving 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 and also housed S1 and S2 (the first two years of the secondary school) while the remaining secondary pupils were taught at what had been the boys' school in Beaton Road. Twenty years later additional building at Beaton Road allowed S1 and S2 to move there, leaving Kingarth Street as wholly the primary school.
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. In 2012 a new building for drama was opened.
Fees range between £7,975 and £10,158 per annum.[3]
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 purpose built drama complex was officially opened in March 2012 by actor Richard Wilson.
Awards
In November 2011, Hutchesons' Grammar School was named the 'Scottish Independent Secondary school of the year'.[4]
Notable alumni
- John Buchan - Novelist, historian and Governor-General of Canada[citation needed]
- R. D. Laing - Influential psychiatrist in the field of psychosis[citation needed]
- Archibald Leitch - Architect [5]
- James Maxton - 'Red Clydesider' MP and leader of the Independent Labour Party[citation needed]
- Derry Irvine - controversial Barrister, QC and former Lord Chancellor[citation needed]
- Carol Smillie - TV Presenter and former model[citation needed]
- Gordon Bulloch - Played professional rugby union for Scotland and captained the British Lions[citation needed]
- Ken Bruce - Radio 2 DJ[citation needed]
- Adair Turner (Lord Turner of Ecchinswell) - chair of the Financial Services Authority[citation needed]
- Russell Waters - film and television actor[citation needed]
- David Weitzman - Labour MP[citation needed]
- Anas Sarwar - Labour MP[citation needed]
- Humza Yousaf - Scottish National Party MSP and Minister for International Development
- John Mason - Scottish National Party MSP Architect [6]
- Iain Stewart - Conservative MP[citation needed]
- Daniel Lamont Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1936 to 1937[citation needed]
- Leon Smith Current British davis cup captain
- Cordelia Oliver - journalist, painter and art critic
- J David Simons - novelist
- Imtiaz Dharker - poet and artist
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
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- ↑ http://www.hutchesons.org/admissions/fees-and-bursaries
- ↑ http://www.isc.co.uk/20111114_schoolNews
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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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