Glenalmond College

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Glenalmond College
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Motto Floreat Glenalmond
Established 1847
Type Independent coeducational boarding secondary
Headmaster Gordon Woods
Students 400+
Grades S1–S6
Location Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
Campus Rural; 300 acres
Website www.glenalmondcollege.co.uk

Glenalmond College (formerly Trinity College, Glenalmond) is a co-educational independent boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, for children aged between 12 and 18 years. It is situated on the River Almond near the village of Methven, about 8 miles west of the city of Perth. The school's motto is Floreat Glenalmond ('Let Glenalmond Flourish'). The school is affectionately known as "Coll" by pupils and staff. In November 2008, Glenalmond became the subject of a BBC documentary, 'Pride and Privilege'.

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[edit] History

Trinity College Glenalmond was founded as an independent school by William Ewart Gladstone and James Robert Hope (later Hope-Scott of Abbotsford). It was to be "north of the Firth of Forth, and removed from the vicinity of any large town, a College to be called The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, which may receive and board a large number, say ultimately 150 to 200 youths from eight to eighteen years of age, and also afford a sound Clerical Education to young men destined for Holy Orders". Gladstone and his father (Sir John Gladstone) inspected several sites before deciding on a site proposed by George Patton of Cairnies. Once the site was decided upon, John Henderson was commissioned as architect. The school opened its doors on the 4th May, 1847 to fourteen boys (though one boy, Lord Kerr, later Marquess of Lothian and Secretary for Scotland, arrived a day early). The first Warden (headmaster) was Charles Wordsworth.

Until 1990 Glenalmond was an all-boys school. Girls were then initially accepted into the sixth form only, and the school is now fully co-educational.

A history of the College to 1947, written by Guy St Quintin, is available from the school. In 2008 David Willington, a retired teacher, brought the history up to date, publishing 'Alumni Montium'.

[edit] Boarding houses

The pupils are allocated into one of seven houses, some named after staff who participated in the development of the school. There are instances of four or even five generations of pupils having been members of the same house.[citation needed] The boys' houses are Reid's, Skrine's, Matheson's, Patchell's, and Goodacre's. The girls' houses are Home and Lothian. Until 1992 there was another boys' house called The Cairnies which was reopened in the summer of 2006 as a girls' sixth form house but is now home to all fifth form girls. Skrine's has been upgraded with a brand new boarding house behind the trees on the western side of Front Avenue.

[edit] Pride and Privilege

Glenalmond College was the subject of a documentary broadcast on BBC 2 in Autumn 2008. Pride and Privilege chronicled a year in the life of Glenalmond and followed a number of pupils and teachers. Directed by Stephen Bennet, it detailed the first full scholar in the history of the school through his first year as he settled in. Its broadcast dates were 18 and 25 November, and 2 December. The documentary put the school under some media scrutiny, because of the apparent bullying that went on and the failure of school staff to act appropriately in response.

[edit] Former Pupils

[edit] References

  • The Glenalmond Register 1950-1985 and Supplement 1900-1949, published by Hunter & Foulis Ltd. 1986

Add to former pupils Bruce Marshall, novelist.

[edit] External links

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