Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu

Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu or Glasgow Gaelic School is a school in Glasgow which teaches through the medium of Scottish Gaelic, commonly known as Gaelic medium education. The school has no catchment area as it serves the Gaelic Community through South-west Scotland, taking in pupils from Kilmarnock, East Kilbride and Cumbernauld.

The current role of Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu is around 700, despite almost 1,000 children wanting access to the school. This has prompted the council to consider building another.

The school currently has a capicity of 800 pupils. By 2012, Glasgow City Council will increase it to 1200. [http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/768653EB-CE87-4E12-9049-8A35211B4CAD/0/DraftGaelicLanguagePlanE.pdf]

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. [http://wikimapia.org/1333634/ 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

* [http://www.scottishschoolsonline.gov.uk/schools/glasgowgaelicprimaryschoolglasgowcity.asp Glasgow Gaelic School's page on Scottish Schools Online]
* [http://www.sradagan.org/groups/glasgow/ Sradagan Youth Club]
* [http://glasgowgaels.ucoz.com/ Sgoil camanachd]

ee also

*Gaelscoileanna for Irish-gaelic medium education in Ireland.