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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.
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]
From the early Middle Ages there were bardic schools, that trained individuals in the poetic and musical arts. Monasteries served as major repositories of knowledge and education, often running schools. In the High Middle Ages, new sources of education arose including choir and grammar schools designed to train priests.
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]
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. [36] There were also petty schools, more common in rural areas and providing an elementary education. [37]
Most grammar schools founded in the 18th century also taught arithmetic and English. [9] In Scotland, the burgh councils updated the curricula of their schools so that Scotland no longer has grammar schools in any of the senses discussed here, though some, such as Aberdeen Grammar School, retain the name. [10]
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.
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)