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  2. History of schools in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    New schools were mainly associated with the creation of new towns and housing schemes. There was no distinctive Scottish style of school building in this period and patterns reflected those used in England, tending to be more open in plan and less rigid in design. Existing schools were also adapted for more child-centred learning. [21]

  3. First-foot - Wikipedia

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    In Scottish, Northern English, and Manx folklore, the first-foot (Scottish Gaelic: ciad-chuairt, Manx: quaaltagh/qualtagh) is the first person to enter the home of a household on New Year's Day and is seen as a bringer of good fortune for the coming year. [1] [2] Similar practices are also found in Greek, Vietnamese, and Georgian new year ...

  4. History of education in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  5. Education in Scotland in the twentieth century - Wikipedia

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    The Scotland Street School, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and built 1903–06. Education in Scotland in the twentieth century includes all forms of organised education in Scotland, such as elementary, secondary and higher education. The centre of the education system became more focused on Scotland throughout the century, with the ...

  6. List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Brigg Grammar School (1669), since 1976 Sir John Nelthorpe School; Chard Grammar School (1671) Midhurst Rother College founded as Midhurst Grammar School (1672) The Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone (1674) Reigate Grammar School (1675) Lady Boswell's Church of England Primary School, first state primary school (1675) The John Roan School (1677)

  7. Scottish education in the nineteenth century - Wikipedia

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    Scottish education in the nineteenth century concerns all forms of education, including schools, universities and informal instruction, in Scotland in the nineteenth century. By the late seventeenth century there was a largely complete system of parish schools, but it was undermined by the Industrial Revolution and rapid urbanisation.

  8. School boards in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Historically, school boards operated in Scotland from 1872 to 1918. [1] A new wave of school boards were established by the School Boards Act 1988, [2] which mandated that they be set up in education authority schools in Scotland. Boards consisted of elected parent and staff members and other members co-opted by the elected members.

  9. Education in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Kilmarnock Academy is the only school in Scotland to have educated two Nobel Prize Laureates [36] [37] Secondary education is provided by secondary schools throughout Scotland, both in the state and independent sector. The vast majority of schools in the state sector are administered directly by the local Education Authority, which is ...