Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu
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Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu or Glasgow Gaelic School is a school
in Glasgow
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 current roll of Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu is around 750, split between nursery, primary and secondary. There is no entrance examination, waiting list, or other form of selection. Access is available to any family that submits a placing request to the Glasgow City Council for entry at age 4 or 5, into primary 1. Demand has grown steadily since 1999, and this has prompted the council to consider building a further primary school facility.
The secondary school part of Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu is the only one of its kind in Scotland. It teaches most secondary subjects through the medium of Gaelic, and Gaelic is the language of the whole school. The intake at secondary 1 comprises pupils from its own primary, and from the Gaelic medium education units in several other neighbouring local authorities, principally East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.
The local authority - Glasgow City Council - has ambitious plans to increase the school roll, aiming for a Primary 1 intake of 110 by 2012 (compared to 75 in 2008), and to enhance the education available to local families.
School
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in Glasgow
Glasgow
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which teaches through the medium of Scottish Gaelic. This teaching method is commonly known as Gaelic medium education
Gaelic medium education
Gaelic medium education is a form of education in Scotland that allows pupils to be taught primarily through the medium of Scottish Gaelic, with English being taught as the secondary language. Education projects in other Gaelic countries; Ireland Gaelic medium education (G.M.E. or GME; Scottish...
. The school has no catchment area as it serves the whole of Glasgow, as well as south-west Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, taking in pupils from Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock is a large burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of 44,734. It is the second largest town in Ayrshire. The River Irvine runs through its eastern section, and the Kilmarnock Water passes through it, giving rise to the name 'Bank Street'...
, East Kilbride
East Kilbride
East Kilbride is a large suburban town in the South Lanarkshire council area, in the West Central Lowlands of Scotland. Designated as Scotland's first new town in 1947, it forms part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation...
, Bishopbriggs
Bishopbriggs
Bishopbriggs is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The area was once part of the historic parish of Cadder - originally lands granted by King William the Lion to the Bishop of Glasgow, Jocelin, in 1180. It was later part of the county of Lanarkshire and subsequently an independent burgh from...
, Cumbernauld
Cumbernauld
Cumbernauld is a Scottish new town in North Lanarkshire. It was created in 1956 as a population overspill for Glasgow City. It is the eighth most populous settlement in Scotland and the largest in North Lanarkshire...
and Greenock
Greenock
Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland...
.
The current roll of Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu is around 750, split between nursery, primary and secondary. There is no entrance examination, waiting list, or other form of selection. Access is available to any family that submits a placing request to the Glasgow City Council for entry at age 4 or 5, into primary 1. Demand has grown steadily since 1999, and this has prompted the council to consider building a further primary school facility.
The secondary school part of Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu is the only one of its kind in Scotland. It teaches most secondary subjects through the medium of Gaelic, and Gaelic is the language of the whole school. The intake at secondary 1 comprises pupils from its own primary, and from the Gaelic medium education units in several other neighbouring local authorities, principally East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.
The local authority - Glasgow City Council - has ambitious plans to increase the school roll, aiming for a Primary 1 intake of 110 by 2012 (compared to 75 in 2008), and to enhance the education available to local families.
History
The first Gaelic School opened in 1999, as a primary school only: Bunsgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu (Glasgow Gaelic Primary School). 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.External links
- Glasgow Gaelic School
- Glasgow Gaelic School's page on Scottish Schools Online
- Sradagan Youth Club
- "Glasgow Gaelic School pupils form their own Mod squad" - The Glaswegian.
See also
- Gaelscoileanna for Irish-gaelic medium education in Ireland.
- Gaelic Medium EducationGaelic medium educationGaelic medium education is a form of education in Scotland that allows pupils to be taught primarily through the medium of Scottish Gaelic, with English being taught as the secondary language. Education projects in other Gaelic countries; Ireland Gaelic medium education (G.M.E. or GME; Scottish...