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Hutchesons' Grammar School, Glasgow

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Hutchesons' Grammar School details

Address:
Hutchesons' Grammar School
21 Beaton Road, Glasgow, Glasgow G41 4NW
Telephone:
0141 423 2933
Fax:
0141 424 0251
Email:
rector@hutchesons.org
Website:
www.hutchesons.org
Authority:
Glasgow
Gender of entry:
Mixed
Age range:
3-19
Number of students:
2,002
Affiliation:
HMC
Gender of sixth form:
Mixed
Last inspection:
June 2006. Read the full inspection report.

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ISC accredited

General information

Headteacher: John Knowles.

Background: The history of Hutchesons' Grammar School offers insight into the history of Glasgow over the past 360 years. When George and Thomas Hutcheson set aside money in 1641 for their school, they lit an educational torch, which has been burning brightly ever since. George Hutcheson's drive to build a school to benefit children came from his unfulfilled desire to be a father. The brothers originally intended the school to be for orphans The stone built Hutchesons' Hospital building in the Trongate - right in the heart of Glasgow - survived the devastating fire that destroyed so much of the city in 1652. It survived, too, the ravages of civil war in Oliver Cromwell's reign before peace - and the monarchy - was restored. After a stuttering beginning, Hutchesons' Grammar School began to grow in size and reputation - requiring several moves to accommodate its multiplying numbers. It twice changed address before Ingram street became home to the school in 1802. By 1815, the year of Waterloo, the roll had risen to 76. By 1839 it stood at 120 which prompted the Patrons' decision to build a new school in Crown Street, Gorbals. The location was described as 'possessing quietness of situation, good air and a roomy open site'. The new building was opened in 1841 and remained in use until 1960. In 1876, Hutchesons' Girls' School opened its doors for the first time in Elgin Street. The Girls' School was extremely successful and the number of pupils enrolled was far greater than the building was designed to hold. One final move saw Hutchesons' Girls' Grammar school, as it was now known, re-located in 1912 to the present junior school building in Kingarth Street. This new building was seen as the greatest move so far and was an instant success. Beaton Road in Crossmyloof became home to Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School half a century later in 1960. It was seen then as an extremely fashionable building, daring in its modernity.Despite these many changes to the schools over the centuries, the single most significant change occurred in 1976. The year marked the amalgamation of Hutchesons' Girls' Grammar School and Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School, to form Hutchesons' Grammar School, the co-educational institution, which remains in this form today. The girls' site in Kingarth Street became the mixed junior school with all the senior pupils at what had been the boys' school in Beaton Road.Perhaps the most rapid changes at Hutchesons' have occurred in the last decade. In 1991, a new 3-storey science block was erected in the Beaton road carpark while 1994 saw the construction of a new Infant block at Kingarth street. A new multi-million pound 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 state-of-the-art library in 1999. The new Millennium saw the newly-purchased Pollokshields United Reformed Church, in Beaton road, developed to accommodate new classrooms and offices for the music and ICT departments. The merger between the school and Laurel Park School, announced in early 2001, has seen the arrival of new pupils and staff at Beaton road from Laurel Park and the opening of Hutchesons' Lilybank junior school in the West end of Glasgow, allowing easier access to Hutchesons' for new and existing pupils living on the North side of the city. .

Inspection: June 2006: 'Hutchesons? Grammar School overall quality of the curriculum was good. HM Inspectors identified the following key strengths of the school. The school has high standards of attainment throughout the school, including excellent attainment at S5/S6. The high level of pastoral care in the primary school and the high quality of learning in the secondary school. Very effective identification and support of pupils? learning needs at the early stages of primary. High standards of pupils? behaviour and their positive attitudes to learning. Strong and supportive partnerships with parents.' .

Boys' age range: 3 to 19.

Girls' age range: 3 to 19.

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