Shawlands Academy

Shawlands Academy is a state secondary school in the Shawlands area of Glasgow, Scotland. The school was founded by Sir Bruce Morrison of Langside Manor in order to honour his late tutor, William Shawlands.

Shawlands Academy
Address
31 Moss-Side Road

Glasgow
,
City of Glasgow
,
G41 3TR

Scotland
Coordinates55.83099°N 4.2837°W / 55.83099; -4.2837
Information
TypeSecondary
MottoSola Nobilitas Virtus – Virtue Alone Ennobles
Established1857 / 1894
Local authorityGlasgow City Council
Head TeacherPauline Carr
Staffc. 100 full-time staff
GenderCo-educational
Enrolmentc. 1,250
Websitehttp://www.shawlandsacademy.glasgow.sch.uk

Admissions

Shawlands Academy is Glasgow's designated International School and one of Scotland's most multicultural schools.[1] It is situated in Shawlands, between Pollok Park (and its Burrell Collection) and Queen's Park, named after Mary Queen of Scots who fought her final battle on Scottish soil at the Battle of Langside on 13 May 1568.

Shawlands Academy currently has around 1,250 students[2] and has over 100 teachers.

Shawlands Academy dates from 1857 when there was a private school of the same name located nearby in Skirving Street. This private school became state owned, and was then called Crossmyloof Annexe. It served as a feeder school for Shawlands Academy in the 1960s. The Shawlands Academy we know today opened its doors over 118 years ago in 1894 in the nearby building on Pollokshaws Road which now houses Shawlands Primary School.

Pluralism

Shawlands is noted for its pluralism.[3] In the 1960s, the school had a particularly high concentration of Jewish pupils, and was one of the few state schools in Scotland to offer Hebrew as a curriculum subject. Reflecting its status as Glasgow International School, Shawlands teaches many modern languages, including Urdu. According to a survey in 2006, over 57 languages are spoken in the playground.[4]

Notable alumni

Academia / Science / Fellowships

  • Ronald Arnold - Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh
  • Raj (Rajinder) Bhopal - Emeritus Professor of Public Health at the University of Edinburgh[5]
  • William Watson Buchanan - Emeritus Professor of Rheumatology McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada[6]
  • Tom Husband - Vice Chancellor of the University of Salford
  • David McArthur MBE - Fellow and Honorary Fellow of the IRP (Institute of Recruitment Professionals), In-House Recruitment Leader of the Year 2016 (Recruiter Magazine) and Local Community Hero in Bournemouth 2018 (Wave 105)
  • Ian McPherson - Fellow of the British Psychological Society[7]
  • Maxwell Murray - Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Medicine and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Glasgow University.[8]
  • Thomas Talmage Read - Professor of Clinical Dental Surgery, and warden of the Dental School and Hospital, Leeds[9]
  • Alexander Provan Robertson - Chair in Mathematics at Keele University and assisted in the founding of Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia
  • Alexander Kintrea - Particle Physicist

Arts


Film and Theatre

Military

Music

  • John Martyn (a.k.a. Ian David McGeachey) - rock musician
  • William Rogue (a.k.a. Stewart William Allan) - rock musician
  • Bobby Wellins - tenor saxophonist
  • Simon Bell (singer) - singer and songwriter

Notoriety

Politics

Religion

  • Hugh Wyllie - Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Sport

References
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  9. Murray, J J (2005). "The 2004 Talmage Read Lecture: 'One hundred years of dental education in Leeds' Given on 16 October 2004, Leeds Dental Institute, University of Leeds". British Dental Journal. 199 (3): 165–172. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4812578. PMID 16192960.
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