Motto | Floreat Glenalmond |
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Established | 1847 |
Type |
Independent Day and boarding |
Religion | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Warden | Ms Elaine Logan |
Sub-Warden | Dr Craig Henderson |
Location |
Glenalmond Perth Perth and Kinross PH1 3RY Scotland |
Staff | 52.3 FTE |
Students | 400+ |
Gender | Coeducational |
Ages | 12–18 |
Houses | Cairnies, Goodacre's, Home, Lothian, Matheson's, Patchell's, Reid's, Skrine's |
Former pupils | Old Glenalmonds |
Campus | Rural; 300 acres |
Website | www |
Glenalmond College (formerly Trinity College, Glenalmond) is a co-educational independent boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, for children aged between 12 and 18 years. It is situated on the River Almond near the village of Methven, about 8 miles (13 km) west of the city of Perth.
Trinity College Glenalmond was founded as an independent school by William Gladstone and James Hope-Scott (later Hope-Scott of Abbotsford). The land for the school was given by George Patton, Lord Glenalmond who for the rest of his life, in company with his wife Margaret, took a keen interest in its development and success. It was established to provide teaching for young men destined for the ministry of the Scottish Episcopal Church and where young men could be brought up in the faith of that Church. It was originally known as the The Scottish Episcopal College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Glenalmond. The school opened its doors on 4 May 1847 to fourteen boys (though one boy, Lord Kerr, later Marquess of Lothian and Secretary for Scotland, arrived a day early). The first Warden (headmaster) was Charles Wordsworth.
The Edinburgh architect John Henderson worked on the project in 1841-51; later the firm were to be re-employed with his son George Henderson in charge on rebuilding work after a fire in 1893. In 1955 Basil Spence was engaged to alter the chapel.