The aims of The Glasgow Academy are:

1. To encourage and assist the individual talents of each pupil to be developed to his or her full potential.
2. To develop in pupils the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for self-fulfilment in their personal and social lives beyond school, in continuing education and in their chosen occupations or callings.
3. To encourage pupils to be independent, to develop a spirit of citizenship and to become active members of the community within school, within the local environment and nationally.

To achieve the above aims The Glasgow Academy:

1. Provides a broad-based education which offers a curriculum of sufficient variety to satisfy both the demands of intellectually able pupils and the needs of the less academic.
2. Ensures that the core subjects and the associated skills of literacy, numeracy and communication are given due prominence.
3. Provides structures and disciplines which enable pupils to study and learn in an atmosphere that is orderly but secure and relaxed and which are responsive to the needs of each individual.
4. Fosters an interest and proficiency in private study through assignments, homework and library skills.
5. Provides a wide range of games and activities manned by staff with the assistance of external coaches and advisers.
6. Nurtures within pupils the qualities of leadership, creativity, and responsiveness to the needs of others.
7. Values the development of character just as highly as academic achievement or sporting prowess.

The Academy encourages a family atmosphere by positive discrimination in the admission selection in favour of boys and girls with previous family connections with the school.

Educational Policy
The Academy aims to ensure that all pupils benefit from an organised system of support as they progress through the school, through a system of pastoral care, through the encouragement and development of appropriate study skills and through the provision of specialised assistance for those who experience specific difficulties in their learning.

The Academy’s constituency is wide-ranging in ability, requiring a provision of education that caters for a spectrum of pupils whose realistic levels of achievement on leaving school will perhaps range from a total of three Highers to six or even, in exceptional cases, seven Highers achieved in S5, followed by three good Advanced Highers in S6. To maximise the opportunity for pupils to reach their potential the cirriculum seeks to enable our pupils to develop the four capacities of the Cirriculum for Excellence:


Successful learners
Confident individuals
Responsible citizens
Effective contributors

• P1 - S25-14 and A Curriculum for Excellence
• S3 and S4 SQA Standard Grade/Intermediate 2/GCSE Art
• S5 and S6 Highers/AS/A Level Art
• S6 Advanced Highers and Highers

Our pre-school facility of one or two years of Nursery and/or Kindergarten stimulates early learning skills and activities in the company of other children. The benefits of organised pre-school care and guidance give children the ideal start to their more formal education.