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High School of Glasgow

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-educational independent school as a result of fundraising activity by its Former Pupil Club and via a merge by the Club with Drewsteignton School. The school maintains a relationship with the Cathedral, where it holds an annual service of commemoration and thanksgiving in September.[2] It counts two British Prime Ministers, two Lords President and the founder of the University of Aberdeen among its alumni.

High School of Glasgow

Sursum Semper
(Always Upward)

c. 1124 (1124) (refounded 1976)

Stewart MacAulay

John O'Neill

Mixed

3 to 18

687 (senior school)

  • Bannerman
  • Clyde
  • Law
  • Moore

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It is a selective school, meaning prospective pupils must sit an entrance test to gain admission. In 2009 and 2017, The Times placed it as the top independent school in Scotland for SQA results.[3]


The rector of the school is John O'Neill.[4]

Bannerman, for . (Red)

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Clyde, for . (Blue)

Lord Clyde

Law, for . (Green)

Bonar Law

Moore, for . (Yellow)

Sir John Moore

Pupils at the school are divided into the following Houses:


The school operates a house competition, and pupils may earn points for their house through excellence in areas such as sports, music, academia. The current holder of the overall house championship is Bannerman House. The Junior School Houses take their names from British lifeboat stations: Broughtyferry (red), Campbelltown (blue), Lizard (green) and Longhope (yellow).

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professor of security engineering, University of Cambridge

Ross Anderson

secretary of Heriot-Watt University

Duncan Inglis Cameron

Sir , professor of organic chemistry at Imperial College London

Ian Heilbron

Sir , botanist, president of the Royal Society

Joseph Dalton Hooker

geologist

John Horne

Professor , director, Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine, University of Glasgow School of Law

Sheila McLean

Sir , vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney

Mungo William MacCallum

Professor Sir , general editor, The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopædia

Thomas Smith

historian

Bernard Wasserstein

– journalist

Donald MacCormick

mathematician

Thomas Muir

FRSE – rector from 1914 to 1930[18]

Peter Pinkerton

High School of Glasgow Website

The High School of Glasgow's page on Scottish Schools Online