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Glenalmond College is a unique place of education. Its ability to balance a broad academic, personal and challenging curriculum whilst maintaining a warm, close-knit community, is unmatched.
We pride ourselves on shaping, developing and challenging our pupils, allowing them to explore their own potential, set their own ambitions and support them to thrive towards these. We have no doubt that our pupils will, and indeed do, go on to achieve extraordinary things.
Glenalmond has a rich history of providing a prestigious, well-rounded education. In 1847, Glenalmond College was founded by the three times Prime Minister, W.E. Gladstone, and opened its doors to pupils on the 4th May 1847. With the completion and consecration of the Chapel in 1851, new classrooms and accommodation in the 1890s and the Library in 1906, the school’s history and traditional values are embedded within the education we provide.
With each decade the College goes from strength to strength, maintaining a balance between honouring its traditions and keeping pace with the modern world.
As one of the UK’s most prestigious boarding schools, our mission is to support and inspire our pupils to strive for the following:
Families choose us because of the opportunities we offer; the very best academic education, an extensive range of sports and activities outside the classroom, an inspirational setting, and the chance to make friends who will last a lifetime.
Glenalmond pupils are the heart of the school, and the reason for all we do. The sense of community is palpable, at the size of the school means that everyone gets to know each other. Girls and boys share the same classes, different age groups mix easily in the boarding houses, and our pupils always look out for one another. The warmth of the atmosphere at Glenalmond is unique, and we are incredibly proud of the young men and women that our pupils become.
Our pupils are what makes Glenalmond special!
Glenalmond welcomes boys and girls, aged 12 to 18, as boarders or day pupils. Most of our pupils are British, but we also have a number of pupils from up to 16 different countries around the world. There are up to 400 pupils at Glenalmond College, an almost even balance of boys and girls.
Our Programme is a strength and functions as a vehicle for teaching soft skills which are otherwise so hard to learn; through activities, pupils hone skills which develop competence and, in turn, become confident and capable young people. Our location offers extraordinary activities and high-quality coaching is provided in a wide range of areas. Pupils choose from and actively participate in a programme offering a rich range of meaningful opportunities.
Our pupils become confident and purposeful; they think, inspire others and collaborate. The best of our experience comes from boarding but day pupils are involved and welcomed. In a welcoming and diverse community, we prepare pupils for the future and envelop them in safe, supportive, warm care where they thrive and are happy.
Dynamic teaching, informed by evidence and best practice is at the core of what we do. We recognise all pupils are different and want every pupil to be confident. We will help them achieve to the best of their ability with excellence in teaching and support. We have outstanding teaching staff who are closely involved in life outside the classroom, giving pupils freedom to grow whilst being supported by staff who know them well.
Glenalmond offers a rigorous model of education with international currency. A curriculum of breadth and depth, balancing a core of facilitating subjects with a variety of options to inform, challenge and ignite passions and recognise developments in technology.
