Craigholme School A GSG School
- Craigholme School
72 St Andrews Drive
Pollokshields
Glasgow
G41 4HS - Head: Mrs June Gilliland
- T 01414 270375
- F 01414 276396
- E admissions@craigholme.co.uk
- W www.craigholme.co.uk
- An independent school for girls aged from 5 to 18 and boys aged from 5 to 11.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Glasgow City
- Pupils: 277; sixth formers: 25
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £8,808 - £11,590 pa
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Senior and junior school exist hugga mugga, with, to this eye, no discernible geographic zone, with principal in overall charge. Clubs in all disciplines travel to every corner of the globe. Ambitious stuff for what was once a Glasgow barely grown up dame school. 'Riding the crest of a wave', the junior choir and the training choir had just won their respective Glasgow music festival prizes, and the cross-country teams came first among the Glasgow schools just before...
What the school says...
Craigholme is the only independent school in the West of Scotland catering exclusively for girls. Founded in 1894, the school provides co-educational nursery facilities for 3-5 year olds and an excellent all-round education for girls aged 5-18 years. We believe that smaller class sizes are a major strength of the school. Classes average 15 pupils. We offer a broad curriculum and have strong music and drama departments as well as an active art department. Sports and games are also of a high standard with regular representation at regional and national level, particularly in hockey. ...Read more
What the parents say...
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Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Principal
Since August 2016, June Gilliland, formerly deputy principal for nine years. Has also been head of business studies at the High School of Glasgow and deputy principal at Ayr Academy.
Head of junior school since Sept 2016 is Pamela Mitchell.
Academic matters
Small classes in junior school; specialist French from age 4, IT, music and PE from nursery on. Top year takes selected subjects - science, music, art, home economics - in senior school. ‘Determinedly academic’. Books and novels feature strongly in learning as 'preferable to the sort of snippets you get in reading books': children start off with (Jolly) Phonics, leavened with other methods as appropriate. French now from nursery and German in J6. J7s get specialist teaching in both sciences and art in preparation for their move to ‘big school’....
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Special Education Needs
10-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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