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Scotland portal; Grammar schools of Scotland. Note: the words "grammar school" do not denote any special status within the Scottish education system, although these schools do often have a prestigious and long history. Within the Scottish local government education departments they are treated just like all other high schools.
Scottish No Hutchesons' Grammar School [29] £16,177 n/a Scottish Yes The High School of Dundee [30] £16,050 n/a Scottish Yes Mary Erskine School, Edinburgh [31] £16,041 £32,190 Scottish No Stewart's Melville College, Edinburgh Yes Albyn School, Aberdeen [32] £15,995 n/a Scottish Yes George Watson's College, Edinburgh [33] £15,951 n/a ...
The parish schools were "Inglis" schools, teaching in the vernacular and taking children to the age of about 7, while the grammar schools took boys to about 12. [3] At their best in the grammar schools, the curriculum included the catechism, Latin, French, Classical literature and sports. [15]
Hutchesons' Grammar School is a private, co-educational 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, making it the 19th oldest school in Scotland. [1] Prospective pupils must sit an entrance test and interview to gain admission.
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented selective secondary school. The original purpose of medieval grammar schools was the teaching of Latin.
The history of education in Scotland in its modern sense of organised and institutional learning, began in the Middle Ages, when Church choir schools and grammar schools began educating boys. By the end of the 15th century schools were also being organised for girls and universities were founded at St Andrews , Glasgow and Aberdeen .
14 are nominally Grammar Schools. Most of these schools were defined as grammar schools under a previous (now dissolved) system but their names remain. Popular areas for grammar schools are Argyll and Bute, East Lothian and South Lanarkshire. 13 are simply Schools. These schools cater for Primary as well as Secondary school children.
Paisley Grammar School is a secondary school in Paisley, the largest town in Renfrewshire, Scotland. [2] The school was founded in 1576 by royal charter of King James VI and is situated on Glasgow Road. [3] The school is recognised as one of Scotland's oldest schools with an established history. [3]