St Aloysius' College A GSG School
- St Aloysius' College
45 Hill Street
Garnethill
Glasgow
G3 6RJ - Head: Matthew Bartlett
- T 0141 332 3190
- F 01413 530426
- E [email protected]
- W www.staloysius.org/
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Glasgow City
- Pupils: 826 (286 juniors); sixth formers: 250
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Fees: £7,551 - £13,455 pa
- Open days: November
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Scotland’s only Jesuit school, it was was designed to transform the lives of Irish Catholics immigrating to Scotland to escape the effects of the potato famine. Staff were particularly nice and welcoming, one teacher telling us a charming anecdote of his long association with the school and how his parents met there and later married. From primary 2, they are taught Spanish or Italian by native speakers...
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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
Head master
Since October 2016, Matthew Bartlett, previously head of Dover Grammar School for Girls. Educated in the state sector, and trained as a chartered accountant before becoming a teacher. First generation of his family to go to university: and Cambridge at that. Taught largely in Manchester and north west. Head of history at Nottingham High and deputy headmaster at St Bede’s College, for eight years.
Wanted to get back into Catholic education and St Al’s is the only Jesuit School north of the border. He says: ‘I fell more in love with it with each visit; it’s better than I ever imagined.’
Mr Bartlett is very jolly and fills the room with his bubbly personality. He was warm and welcoming on our tour. This kindness appears...
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Special Education Needs
Eight members of staff are involved in the specific delivery of learning support. They are directed by two specialist staff, one in the senior school and one in the junior school. Learning support is based primarily in the classroom, the department striving first and foremost to work with the classroom teachers in an advisory capacity in order to provide maximum support to pupils with difficulties. As far as possible the emphasis is on enabling all pupils to follow the mainstream curriculum of the school. Other strategies are adopted as required.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| 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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