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The School was founded in 1641 by brothers Thomas and George Hutcheson.

In 1879, Hutchesons’ the first school in the West of Scotland to offer swimming classes and competitions for both girls and boys.

In 2001, the school expanded into Glasgow’s West End when it merged with [[Park School for Girls|Laurel Park School]] and created a nursery and primary school on Lilybank Terrace, although this has since closed.{{cite web|url=http://www.hutchesons.org/school/history/merger-with-laurelpark |title=The Hutchesons’ – Laurel Park Merger, August, 2001 |publisher=Hutchesons’ Grammar School |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209144048/http://www.hutchesons.org/school/history/merger-with-laurelpark |archive-date=9 December 2010 |url-status = dead|df=dmy-all }} The building suffered heavy damage in a fire in November 2008, and again in early 2019.{{cite news |url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/13261298.Flats_plan_for_blaze_hit_former_city_girls__school/ |title=Flats plan for blaze-hit former city girls’ school |first=Vivienne |last=Nicoll |newspaper=Evening Times |location=Glasgow |date=7 August 2013 |access-date=9 February 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/17548862.fire-at-former-church-in-hillhead-being-treated-as-deliberate-by-police/|title=Fire at former church in Glasgow’s West End treated as ‘deliberate’ by police|website=Evening Times|language=en|access-date=2019-10-08}}

Independent school in Glasgow, Scotland

Hutchesons’ Grammar School is an independent day school for boys and girls aged 3–18 in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded as Hutchesons’ Boys’ Grammar School by George Hutcheson and Thomas Hutcheson in 1641.^[1] Prospective pupils must sit an entrance test and interview to gain admission. The Boys’ and Girls’ schools amalgamated in 1976, at the grounds where the Boys’ school had moved to almost two decades prior to form the current senior school. The Girls’ school campus became the junior school and in 1994, a new pre-school block at the junior school was constructed. The school now has around 1,300 pupils across its Pre-school, Junior and Senior Schools.

The School is one of the 20th oldest schools in Scotland and counts The First Minister of Scotland, Several members of the House of Lords and the first female lawyer in the United Kingdom among its Alumni.

The School is governed by Hutchesons’ Educational Trust.^[2]

The Rector is Colin Gambles.

History[edit]

Thomas Hutcheson (1590–1641).^[3]

The School was founded in 1641 by brothers Thomas and George Hutcheson.^[1]

In 1879, Hutchesons’ became the first school in the West of Scotland to offer swimming classes and competitions for both girls and boys.

In 2001, the school expanded into Glasgow’s West End when it merged with Laurel Park School and created a nursery and primary school on Lilybank Terrace, although this has since closed.^[4] The building suffered heavy damage in a fire in November 2008, and again in early 2019.^[5]^[6]

In 2021, the schools purchased a new sports complex in Pollok Country Park, previously owned by Craigholme School. Consisting of a games hall with rock climbing walls, a dance studio, an astro turf pitch (primarily used for hockey, but additionally used as tennis courts in the summer term), grounds for an additional rugby field and space for a new outdoor learning area. The Campus is known widely throughout the school as ‘H@PP’, an…