Colebrooke St, Glasgow G12 8HE
10 reasons to choose The Glasgow Academy, Prep and Pre-Prep schools
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The Glasgow Academy, Prep and Pre-Prep schools has a Schoolsmith Score® of 81. It is one of the best independent prep schools in Glasgow and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
The Glasgow Academy, Prep and Pre-Prep schools is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 12 years. It is a Church of Scotland school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to The Glasgow Academy, an all-through school to age 18. The Glasgow Academy, Prep and Pre-Prep schools fees range from £3,346 (Rec) to £4,404 per term (2022/23).
Average class size
The Glasgow Academy, Prep and Pre-Prep schools has five classes per year and an average class size of 20 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
The Glasgow Academy’s Milngavie and Newlands pupils move seamlessly to the Kelvinbridge site from Primary 5. From there most Prep pupils move up to senior school at the end of Primary 7.
The Glasgow Academy, Prep and Pre-Prep schools curriculum
School curriculum is guided by the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence. It is taught through cross-curricular topics to at least P5, and it also includes PSHE, French, Spanish, German. UNICEF Rights Respecting School Gold accreditation. Each pupil may participate in over 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Primary 5. The school is also an Eco School and has Green Flag accreditation at all three sites.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for art, drama, and food tech from Primary 6.
Sport at The Glasgow Academy, Prep and Pre-Prep schools
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Primary 3.
The Arts at The Glasgow Academy, Prep and Pre-Prep schools
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the extra-curricular programme, but is a taught subject from P6. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Primary 3. Three choirs and some instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm at the Kelvinbridge and Milngavie sites, and from 8.00am to 7.30pm at the Newlands site. Care for 50 weeks of the year at the Kelvinbridge site.
Find another school near The Glasgow Academy, Prep and Pre-Prep schools
Kelvinside Academy, Junior School (1 mile); St Aloysius’ College Junior School (1 mile); The High School of Glasgow, Junior School (2.3 miles).
The Glasgow Academy (0 miles); Kelvinside Academy (1 mile); St Aloysius’ College (1 mile).