Glasgow Gaelic School

Glasgow Gaelic School
Scottish Gaelic Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu
Motto Da chànan, dà chultar, iomadh chothrom (Two languages, two cultures, many opportunities)
Established 2006
Type Nursery, Primary, Secondary
Medium of education Scottish Gaelic
Location 147 Berkeley Street
Glasgow
G3 7HP
Scotland
55°51′52″N 4°16′48″W / 55.8645°N 4.2799°W / 55.8645; -4.2799Coordinates: 55°51′52″N 4°16′48″W / 55.8645°N 4.2799°W / 55.8645; -4.2799
Council area Glasgow City
Students 630 (Sept 2011)
Ages 3–18
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Scottish schools online Glasgow Gaelic School
Website glasgowgaelic.glasgow.sch.uk

Glasgow Gaelic School (Scottish Gaelic: Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu) is a school in Glasgow, Scotland which teaches through the medium of Scottish Gaelic. This teaching method is commonly known as Gaelic medium education. The school has no catchment area as it serves the whole of Glasgow, as well as south-west Scotland, taking in pupils from Kilmarnock, East Kilbride, Bishopbriggs, Cumbernauld and Greenock.

The local authority - Glasgow City Council - has ambitious plans to increase rolls generally in the city and to enhance the education available to local families.[1] Extended primary provision would be delivered in both the existing school and Glendale Gaelic Primary.

History

The first Gaelic School opened in 1999, as a primary school only: Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu (Glasgow Gaelic Primary School) situated in Ashley Street.[2] As the school roll grew it became necessary to relocate to larger premises. Previously the site of Woodside Secondary School, this building reopened in August 2006 as Glasgow Gaelic School, providing Gaelic medium education for pre-5, primary and secondary pupils.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Glasgow City Council - Gaelic Language Plan 2013 to 2017
  2. ↑ Buie, Elizabeth (28 September 1999). "When the Gael force wins". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Brown, Craig (22 August 2006). "Gaelic first as £4m new campus offers education for ages 3 to 18". The Scotsman. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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