Bearsden Academy
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Bearsden Academy building in 2009
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| Established | 1911 |
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| Type | State secondary school |
| Head Teacher | George Cooper |
| Chair of Parent Council | Iain Pringle |
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Stockiemuir Road Bearsden East Dunbartonshire G61 3SU Scotland Coordinates: 55°55′39″N 4°20′51″W / 55.9274°N 4.3476°W |
| Local authority | East Dunbartonshire |
| Staff | c. 100 |
| Students | c. 1188 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
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| Publication | The BAnner |
| Website | Bearsden Academy |
Bearsden Academy is a non-denominational, state secondary school in Bearsden, a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. The school is rated as one of the best state schools in the country.
In 1911, the school was situated on the corner of Roman Road and Drymen Road north of Bearsden railway station in the Bearsden Cross area of the town. It was originally known as New Kilpatrick Higher Grade School, it comprised both a primary school and a secondary school. The building was designed by the architectural firm James M. Monro & Sons. It opened on 17 August 1911. The first headmaster was Hugh Primrose. In 1920, the school was renamed Bearsden Academy. In 1958, with the town expanding, and becoming a burgh, a new secondary school was built on Morven Road and Bearsden Academy was moved there and the whole of the remaining building became Bearsden Primary School.
From 1958 to 2010 the school was located on the south side of Morven Road in Bearsden. The old Morven Road site was redeveloped as a new housing estate, comprising detached and flatted dwellings known as Academy Grove in 2009-12.
The Stockiemuir Road site the academy occupies was originally a Roman Catholic seminary for the Archdiocese of Glasgow and then a teaching college. In 1874, the Archbishop of Glasgow, Charles Eyre originally established St Peter's College in Partickhill. In 1892, he decided to move it to Bearsden. The college chapel was the first to serve the local Catholic population.
With the arrival of a railway to the area, the population increased and the college chapel was expanded. In 1946, a fire destroyed the college, razing it to the ground. The decision was made by the archdiocese to abandon the site and build a new seminary in Cardross. The seminary was moved to Darleith House in Cardross and then Kilmahew House, before the new purpose-built St Peter's Seminary in Cardross was ready in 1966.
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