Allan Glen's School

Allan Glen's School was for most of its existence a selective fee-paying independent secondary school for boys in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded by the Allan Glen's Endowment Scholarship Trust on the death in 1850 of Allan Glen, a successful Glasgow tradesman and businessman, "to give a good practical education and preparation for trades or businesses, to between forty to fifty boys, the sons of tradesmen or persons in the industrial classes of society". The School was formally established in 1853 and located in the Townhead district of the city, with its playing fields in the suburb of Bishopbriggs.

Although notionally fee-paying, the school offered a large number of bursaries and enrolled pupils from all social classes, selected on the basis of academic ability. The school's emphasis on science and engineering led to it becoming, in effect, Glasgow's High School of Science. As such, it had strong connections with the nearby Anderson's College, which eventually became the University of Strathclyde.

The school eventually came under the control of the local authority and, when selective schooling was discontinued in local authority schools in 1979, Allan Glen's became a local co-educational comprehensive school. Following a major re-organisation of school provision, brought about by falling birth rates, population migration and declining school rolls throughout the city, including Allan Glen's, the school was closed in 1989 and the buildings on Cathedral Street were converted into an annexe for the nearby Glasgow Central College of Commerce.

Notable alumni

Although the school emphasised science and engineering, its former pupils are well-represented throughout the arts, sciences and engineering.
*Nobel laureate Lord Todd
*artist George Wyllie
*actor Duncan Macrae
*actor Dirk Bogarde
*musician B. A. Robertson
*architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh
*Bob Winter, elected Lord Provost of Glasgow City Council in 2007 [cite web|url=http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Council_Committees/Councillors/CouncillorsBiography/22bio.htm|title=Your councillor|work=Glasgow City Council website|date=2005-12-13|accessdate=2007-05-11]

References

* [http://www.allanglens.com/index.htm Allan Glen's School Club]

* [http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSG00037 The Glasgow Story]