Hutcheson's Grammar School

Hutchesons' Grammar School is a co-educational independent day school for pupils aged 3-18 in Glasgow, Scotland.

It was founded as Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School by George Hutcheson and Thomas Hutcheson in 1641

It is a selective school, meaning prospective pupils must sit an entrance test to gain admission.

The Boys' and Girls' schools amalgamated in 1976, at the grounds where the Boys' school had moved to almost two decades prior to form the current senior school. The Girls' school campus became the junior school and in 1994, a new pre-school block at the junior school was constructed.

Today, "Hutchie", as the school is known informally, has around 1,300 pupils across its Pre-school, Junior and Senior Schools.

In 2019 it had second-highest exam results in Scotland

The School is governed by Hutchesons' Educational Trust

The current Rector is Colin Gambles.

History

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, and again in early 2019.

In 2021, the schools purchased a new sports complex in Pollok Country Park, previously owned by Craigholme School. Consisting of a games hall with rock climbing walls, a dance studio, an astro turf pitch (primarily used for hockey, but additionally used as tennis courts in the summer term), grounds for an additional rugby field and space for a new outdoor learning area. The Campus is known widely throughout the school as 'H@PP', an abbreviation for Hutchesons' at Pollok Park.

In 2022, the school obtained new playing fields also inside Pollok Country Park. The schools decided to acquire these fields as they are near to the schools other sports grounds, H@PP, as well as being nearer to the senior school grounds.

Houses

Pupils at the school are divided into one the following four Houses:

Montrose

Stuart

Lochiel

Argyll

Each House has a team of four staff; Head of House and 3 Assistant Heads of House, allowing each pupil to be known and cared for by the same team for all years. This team is overseen by the Matron and a Depute Rector ensuring a high level of individual care and attention for each student.

Form classes are split into houses and there is often activities that divide the houses into friendly competitions, House points can be awarded throughout the year for excellence in Academia, Sports, The Arts and various other activities. There is an annual sports day towards the end of the school year where pupils compete in various sporting events to win points for their house before the winning house of the year is announced at the end of the day.

School Tartan

The school tartan derives from the Hutcheson tartan with the colours changed to fit the school colours. It was adapted by Colin Hutcheson, a Governor of the Scottish Tartans Authority, and launched in March 2005. The tartan can also be found on the school scarf, which is worn with the winter uniform.

The Tartan is worn on Founders Day every year as a Kilt by the Head boy and Depute Head boy, as a skirt by the Head girl and Depute head girl and as a tie by the rector. Founders day service is held annually at Glasgow Cathedral on the 19th of March

Awards

In November 2011, Hutchesons' Grammar School was named the 'Scottish Independent Secondary school of the year'.

In December 2022, Hutchesons' was in the top 5 independent Secondary Schools in Scotland.

Notable alumni

* Madge Easton Anderson – first female professional lawyer in Britain
* Kevin Sneader – global managing partner CEO of McKinsey
*Kenny McBain – TV director and producer. Responsible for ''Inspector Morse'' TV series
* Gareth Kirkwood – cricketer and business executive
* Alix Jamieson – Olympic athlete
* Alan Bulloch – former Scottish rugby union player
* John Buchan – novelist, historian and Governor-General of Canada
*Robert Broom – Doctor and palaeontologist
* O. Douglas (Anna Buchan) – novelist
* Lionel Charles Knights – King Edward VII Professor of English Literature, University of Cambridge, 1965–73
* Nan Dunbar – fellow and tutor in classics at Somerville College, Oxford
* Craig McKnight – cricketer
*Alison Di Rollo – Solicitor General for Scotland
* Archibald Leitch – architect
* James Maxton – MP and leader of the Independent Labour Party
* Derry Irvine (Baron Irvine of Lairg) – barrister, QC and former Lord Chancellor
* Carol Smillie – TV presenter and former model
* Ken Bruce – BBC Radio 2 DJ
* Adair Turner (Lord Turner of Ecchinswell) – chair of the Financial Services Authority
* John Mason – Scottish National Party MSP
* Daniel Lamont – Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 1936 to 1937
* Leon Smith – current British Davis Cup captain
* Cordelia Oliver – journalist, painter and art critic
* J David Simons – novelist
* Imtiaz Dharker – poet and artist
* John Barbour – footballer and soldier killed in World War I
* Hugh Wyllie – former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
* Jerry Morris – epidemiologist who established the importance of physical activity in preventing cardiovascular disease.
*Anas Sarwar- Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Labour list MSP, former Westminster MP
*Humza Yousaf – SNP MSP, youngest MSP and first ethnic minority cabinet member in Scottish government
* Myra MacDonald – journalist and author
* Colin Epsie – is a Scottish professor of Sleep Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Somerville College

References

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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Educational institutions established in the 1640s
Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
Independent schools in Glasgow
Grammar schools in Scotland
1641 establishments in Scotland
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