Everything about Glenalmond College totally explained
Glenalmond College (formerly known as
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.
History
Glenalmond College 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 Ker, later
Marquess of Lothian and
Secretary for Scotland, notoriously arrived a day early). The first Warden (headmaster) was
Charles Wordsworth.
Until 1990 Glenalmond was an all-boys school, but it's now co-educational. The proportion of boys to girls is currently 2:1 although increasing numbers of female applicants has given rise to talk of a third girls' boarding house.
A full, published history of Glenalmond College, up to 1956 is available from the school; e-mail for information
(External Link
). A retired master is currently bringing the history up to date, which could result in publication in 2008.
Boarding houses
The pupils are allocated into one of seven houses, 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. 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. Skrine's has been upgraded with a brand new boarding house opposite Big rugby, behind the trees on the western side of Front Avenue.
Chav Hunting
The school was at the centre of some controversy in August
2007 when it was discovered that some pupils at the school had produced a video
Chav Hunting. The video was made for a house show which was seen by members of the senior 2 years and also by many of the staff. The school has said that the video was made two years earlier and the pupils involved had all since left the school.
Former Pupils
Former pupils are known as OGs (Old Glenalmond).
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