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Early examples of grammar schools include the High School of Glasgow in 1124 and the High School of Dundee in 1239. [4] These were usually attached to cathedrals or a collegiate church . [ 4 ] The newly created diocesan chancellors may have had authority over cathedral schools and schoolmasters within their diocese.
Scottish education in the eighteenth century concerns all forms of education, including schools, universities and informal instruction, in Scotland in the eighteenth century. At the beginning of the period there was a largely complete network of parish schools in the Lowlands, although there were gaps in provision in the Highlands.
By the end of the Middle Ages grammar schools could be found in all the main burghs and some small towns. Early examples including the High School of Glasgow in 1124 and the High School of Dundee in 1239. [5] There were also petty schools, more common in rural areas and providing an elementary education. [6]
The movement peaked in the 1890s. By 1890 the Baptists had more Sunday schools than churches and were teaching over 10,000 children. [11] In 1895, 50,000 teachers were working within the Church of Scotland in these schools [12] and 60 per cent of children aged 5–15 in Glasgow were enrolled on their books. [13]
Norman staircase at King's School, Canterbury (founded 597). Although the term scolae grammaticales was not widely used until the 14th century, the earliest such schools appeared from the sixth century, e.g. the King's School, Canterbury (founded 597), the King's School, Rochester (604) and St Peter's School, York (627) [1] [2] The schools were attached to cathedrals and monasteries, teaching ...
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.
A carving of a seventeenth-century classroom with a dominie and his ten scholars, from George Heriot's School, Edinburgh. Education in early modern Scotland includes all forms of education within the modern borders of Scotland, between the end of the Middle Ages in the late fifteenth century and the beginnings of the Enlightenment in the mid-eighteenth century.
Early examples of grammar schools include the High School of Glasgow in 1124 and the High School of Dundee in 1239. [8] These were usually attached to cathedrals or a collegiate church. [8] The newly created diocesan chancellors may have had authority over cathedral schools and schoolmasters within their diocese. [2]