Kelvinside Academy
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| Superintendent/Principal Administrator | John L. Broadfoot |
| School type | Private |
| Religious affiliation | Christian |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Location (grid reference) | Template:Gbmappingsmall, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Enrollment | about 650 |
| Faculty | about 50 |
| Campus surroundings | Urban |
| Sports teams | Kelvinside Academy |
| Mascot | Minerva |
| School color(s) | Navy blue with white |
Kelvinside Academy is a private day school in the City of Glasgow, founded in 1878. As of 2004 it has a capacity of 650 pupils and spans two years of Junior Start (kindergarten), six years of Junior School (primary school), and seven years of Senior School (secondary school), comprising fifteen years in all. The school was originally grant-aided, but became fully independent in 1985. As of 2002, fees range from £2,000 to £7,000. The school was formerly boys-only, but began experimenting with female pupils on a part-time basis in the late 1980s, and became fully co-educational in 1998. The school is nominally non-denominational Christian. School uniform is mandatory for all years. The school has a Combined Cadet Force, and has both an armoury and a shooting range on-site.
The school is located in the Kelvinside area of the north of Glasgow, near the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. It has a large main building, which is Grade A listed and was designed by James Sellars, with a number of more modern additions. The original building was opened on 1878-09-02 and cost £21,698. The school crest shows Minerva with the motto ΑΙΕΝ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΥΕΙΝ (always try to be the best). Minerva appears prominently in carved stone above the main entrance, and in a bronze medallion set in the perimeter wall. Unlike many of the surrouding buildings, the school retains much of its original wrought iron fences despite the metal shortages during the Second World War.
The school supports a wide range of sporting activities including rugby, hockey, football, athletics, cricket, shooting, curling, ice skating. squash, aerobics, tennis, and golf. The school owns the Balgray Playing Fields, a short distance from the main site.
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Rectors (Head Teacher)
Notable Alumni
- John Joy Bell, journalist and author [1] (http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~crumey/john_joy_bell.html)
- David Brogan, Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman for Edinburgh West [2] (http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=108117)
- Brigadier General John Charteris [3] (http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/summary/ch40-001.htm)
- Bob Forrest, Scottish Liberal Democrat [4] (http://www.scotlibdems.org.uk/biographies/forrestb.htm)
- Hugh Fraser, Baronet of Allander, of the House of Fraser department store chain [5] (http://www.schoolsguidebook.co.uk/schools/Kelvinside_Academy.html)
- Air Vice Marshall Alexander Vallance Riddell Johnstone [6] (http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Johnstone.htm)
- Sir George Donald Alastair MacDougall, economist [7] (http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/economics/people/fellows/MacDougall.html)[8] (http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FMACD)[9] (http://wwwarc.iue.it/oh/bin/CreaInt.asp?rc=INT571)
- Colin Mackay, TV political commentator [10] (http://www.schoolsguidebook.co.uk/schools/Kelvinside_Academy.html)
- Sir Thomas Risk, former Governor of the Bank of Scotland [11] (http://www.schoolsguidebook.co.uk/schools/Kelvinside_Academy.html)
- Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and President of the Expert Witness Institute [12] (http://www.ewi.org.uk/Profile-LordRodger.asp)
- Alasdair Cameron Sutherland, architect and academic [13] (http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1122582002)
- Craig Wright, cricketer, [14] (http://www.cricketeurope.org/SCOTLAND/DATABASE/2004/SALTIRES/playerlines.shtml)
Related Publications
- Kelvinside Academy, 1878–1978 by Colin Mackay
- Kelvinside Academy, 1878–1923 by William Brodie
- Kelvinside Academy, 1878–1928 by David Morrice Low
- Minerva (http://www.kelvinsideacademy.org.uk/Minerva.html), termly newsletter
External Links
- Kelvinside Academy (http://www.kelvinsideacademy.org.uk/)
- ISCis page for Kelvinside Academy (http://www.iscis.uk.net/index.html?schools/data.asp?ref=565)
- Friends Reunited page for Kelvinside Academy (http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/FriendsReunited.asp?wci=Register&type=Register&school_key=139439) (registration required)
- Kelvinside Academical Club (http://www.kelvinsideacademicals.org.uk/)