Craigholme School

Craigholme School is an independent Co-educational junior school situated in the Pollokshields area of the South Side of Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded in 1894 and the senior school closed in 2019.

Craigholme School
Address
72 St Andrew's Drive

Pollokshields
Glasgow
,
G41 4HS

Scotland
Coordinates55.840556°N 4.290833°W / 55.840556; -4.290833
Information
TypeIndependent day school
MottoPersta atque Obdura
(Be steadfast and endure)
Established1894
FounderMrs Jessie Murdoch
Senior TeacherMrs Laura Neill
Staff9
GenderCo-educational
Age3 to 11
Enrolment40
HousesSkye,      Arran,      Bute      and Iona     
Colour(s)Red and white          
Websitehttp://www.craigholme.co.uk/

History

The school was founded in 1894 by Mrs Jessie Murdoch as Pollokshields Ladies' School. The school had forty pupils on the roll and was housed at 63 Dalziel Drive in a villa named Craigholme. The school initially accepted boys up to the age of nine and girls up to the age of fourteen. The school's name was changed after the First World War to Craigholme School.[1]

In 1937, the senior pupils moved to a house at 72 St Andrew's Drive on the corner with Hamilton Avenue, part of what is now the main site of the school, while the junior school remained at Dalziel Drive. The school was evacuated to the Trossachs from 1939–1940, and in 1942, headmistress Margaret Logie retired, selling the school to Pollok School Company, which had been established by parents and businessmen to preserve the school. The house at 328 Albert Drive was added to the school in 1942, and at 68 St Andrew's Drive in 1955. The school expanded further in 1963 with the purchase of numbers 2 and 4 Hamilton Avenue, which stood adjacent to 72 St Andrew's Drive. Three new laboratories and a hall were built in 1971, with a further storey on the science facilities in 1987.[2]

St Ronan's Preparatory School at 204 Nithsdale Road was purchased in 1993 with the proceeds from the sale of 328 Albert Drive. The building housed Craigholme's nursery to J3 pupils until a dedicated nursery site was acquired in the form of 62 St Andrew's Drive. Recent expansion has included a new £2million physical education facility on the school's playing fields at Pollok Park[3][4] which can be hired by external users (for example, the complex has become the 'home' of Glasgow Gladiators Powerchair FC).

Today

Craigholme Junior School is located at Dalziel Drive.

The school provides co-educational facilities for 3-11 year olds with senior pupils attending Kelvinside Academy.

References
  1. "Glasgow school - one of the last private girls' secondaries in Scotland - to close". Evening Times. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  2. "History". Craigholme School. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  3. "Sports Complex". Craigholme School. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  4. "Craigholme School Sports Facility". Architecture Scotland. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
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