St. Mungo's Academy
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| Motto | Bringing Out The Best 'Nil Sine Labore' ("Nothing without labour") |
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| Established | 1858 |
| Type | Comprehensive secondary school |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Headteacher | Ms. Milton |
| Location |
235 Crownpoint Road Glasgow G40 2RA  Scotland55°51′15″N 4°13′15″W / 55.8541°N 4.2207°WCoordinates: 55°51′15″N 4°13′15″W / 55.8541°N 4.2207°W |
| Students | 937 (2005) |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 12–18 |
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| Website | www |
St Mungo's Academy is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, comprehensive, secondary school located in Bridgeton, Glasgow. The school was founded in 1858 by the Marist Brothers religious order.
St Mungo’s Academy was founded by the Marist Brothers in 1858 at 96 Garngad Hill, Glasgow to educate poor Catholic boys, largely Irish immigrants or their children. The school was named for the patron saint of Glasgow, Saint Mungo, and had ambitions to create a Catholic professional class by educating the boys to secondary level and prepare them for university studies. In this it had a good level of success, as well as providing a steady stream of boys wishing to pursue a career in the priesthood or other religious orders.
Marist Brothers played a large role in shaping the educational and social life of the Catholic residents of Glasgow in the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. In addition to founding St.Mungo’s Academy they were active in the running and staffing of the primary schools of St. Mungo’s, St. Alphonsus’, St Patrick’s, St Mary’s and the Sacred Heart as well as the Junior Secondary schools of St. Mark’s and St. Mary’s. A Marist Brother, Brother Walfrid, also founded Celtic F.C. in 1888.
After only two and half years the school moved to St. Mungo Street, Townhead, and in 1883 overcrowding led the school to move again, this time to Parson Street also in Townhead where it remained until 1973. In the wake of the Education Act of 1918 the demand for admission to the school surged. In 1919 the school was absorbed into the state system, while retaining its Roman Catholic character under the running of the Marist Brothers.
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