Jordanhill School | |||||||||||||
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45 Chamberlain Road , , G13 1SP Scotland | |||||||||||||
Coordinates | 55°53′04″N 4°20′02″W / 55.884578°N 4.333758°W | ||||||||||||
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Type | Grant-aided school Laboratory school | ||||||||||||
Motto | Ad summa nitor (Strive for the Highest) | ||||||||||||
Established | 1920 | ||||||||||||
Founder | Jordanhill College of Education | ||||||||||||
Rector | John Anderson | ||||||||||||
Gender | Co-educational | ||||||||||||
Age | 4 to 19 | ||||||||||||
Enrolment | 594 Secondary, 462 Primary | ||||||||||||
Houses | Crawford, Montgomerie, Smith and St. John | ||||||||||||
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Oversight | Scottish Government | ||||||||||||
Website | www |
Jordanhill School educates children from age 4–19. It was formerly run by Jordanhill College of Education as its demonstration school, and was previously known as Jordanhill College School.[1]
Uniquely among Scottish schools, it is funded directly by the Scottish Government (rather than through the local authority, in this case Glasgow City Council).
The school consists of a primary department and a secondary department. In the primary, P1 & P2 have three classes of twenty-two pupils each while P3–P7 have two classes of thirty-three. Pupils in upper Primary spend up to 60% of their week working in the Secondary department. The secondary school takes in an additional thirty-three pupils in S1 to bring the number per year up to 99. The school is categorised as non-denominational.
The school is state-funded by direct grant from the Scottish Government, and is non fee-paying. The school catchment area encompasses predominantly owner-occupied housing in West Glasgow. The school regularly records among the best exam results in Scotland.[citation needed]