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The Glasgow Academy
Motto	Serva Fidem
Established	1845
Type	Independent school
Headmaster	Mr. Peter Brodie[1]
Founder	Members of Free Church of Scotland[1]
Students	1200 approx
Location	Colebrook Terrace, Glasgow, Scotland
Charity Number	SCO 15638
Website	Official Website

This should not be confused with the Carling Academy Glasgow

Founded in 1845, The Glasgow Academy is the oldest fully independent school in Glasgow, Scotland.^[2] It is located in the Kelvinbridge area and has approximately 1200 pupils, split between three preparatory schools and a senior school.

The current Rector is Peter Brodie, who has held the position since 2005.

The school is currently in the stage of building a completely new preparatory school which will replace the older preparatory school in Colebrooke Terrace. The new school will be built a few hundred yards away on old derelict land which used to be houses. The old school is expected to be changed into more classrooms and expanded facilities for the senior school.

The school has a well established house system which divides all pupils in the school into four different houses: Arthur, Fraser, Morrison and Temple. House assemblies are regularly held and pupils enter a wide range of activities competing in houses. Activities include football, volleyball, debating and an annual house singing competition.

The school offers many sporting opportunities to its pupils ranging from the usual rugby union, field hockey, tennis and cricket to the more unusual shooting and curling. The school also has a CCF, comprising Army, Navy and RAF sections.

• Rector - Mr. Peter Brodie[2]
• Deputy Rector (Head of S1 - S2) - Mr. I.M. MacLeod
• Assistant Rector (Head of S3 - S4) - Dr. J. Andrews
• Assistant Rector (Head of S5 - S6) - Mr. A.L. Evans
• Head of Prep School - Mr. A. Brooke[3]

For Session 2007/08, the Head Boy is John Fitzpatrick, and the Head Girl is Ruth Beaton. The deputy Head Boy and Deputy Head Girl are Ralph Whyte and Sophie Gordon respectively.

• John Arthur, Church of Scotland missionary to East Africa.
• J. M. Barrie, writer of 'Peter Pan'
• Sir James Caird (1864–1954), founder of the National Maritime Museum.
• Sir John Cargill, Chairman of Burmah Oil Company, 1904–1943
• Douglas Crawford, Scottish National Party MP
• Darius Danesh, singer-songwriter & actor
• Donald Dewar, Scottish Labour Party MP and MSP, first First Minister of Scotland
• Walter Elliot, Scottish Unionist Party MP, Secretary of State for Scotland
• Niall Ferguson, Professor of History at Harvard University
• Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde, Scottish Unionist Party MP
• Michael Hirst, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party MP and Chairman
• Nicholas P. Jewell, Vice Provost & Professor of Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley
• William Paton Ker, literary critic
• John Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard, diplomat and crossbench life peer
• Alexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker, philosopher
• Alan Mackin, Professional tennis player (Ranked 262 in World)[4]
• Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, leader of the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Democrats
• W. H. Murray, mountaineer, explorer and writer
• Alexander Pollock, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party MP, sheriff
• William Ramsay, discovered the gas 'Argon'
• John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, founder of the BBC
• Albert Russell, Scottish Unionist Party MP, Solicitor General for Scotland
• Linzi Ryan, contemporary artist and graphic designer
• William Sharp, poet and literary biographer
• Ninian Smart, scholar of religion
• Norman Stone, historian
• Sir James Lithgow, shipbuilder and industrialist; 1883-1952
• Sir James Mann Wordie, polar explorer and geologist

1. ^ History of The Glasgow Academy
2. ^ Official Glasgow Academy Website

• Official web site

Coordinates: 55°52′33″N, 4°16′46″W