Glenalmond College is a boarding coeducational school, open to students aged 12-18 years. Founded in 1847, it is located on an approximately 300 acres of land. Moreover, 70% of students are British and 30% are international students.
Location
Located in Perthshire, Scotland, 8 miles from Perth and 2 hours from London (1 hour by plane from Edinburgh and another 1 hour by car).
Curriculum and Qualifications
GCSE and A-Level courses are available. Students in the GCSE program will take 8-9 courses with core subjects along with a wide range of elective subjects. The school also offers over 25 elective courses and EAL (English as an additional language) courses for international students.
Academic Achievement
In 2016, a total of 48% of our students who studied GCSE scored A* – A and 55% of our A-Level students scored A*-B.
Address – Forgandenny, Perth, PH2 9EG, Scotland, United Kingdom
Website – http://www.strathallan.co.uk/
School Type – Coeducation (with optional boarding)
Philosophy
Strathallan School is one of Scotland’s leading boarding and day schools located on a beautiful 153 acre campus in rural Perthshire.
Academically, Strathallan’s record is one of the strongest in the Scotland with most of pupils going on to university including Oxford and Cambridge. Every pupil is encouraged to develop his or her own potential to the full whether academically, in Sport, or Music, Art, Design Technology or Drama. Strathallan offers a wide range of courses using both English and Scottish qualifications.
Curriculum and Qualifications
At the end of Third Form, pupils choose subjects for GCSE study. Normally pupils will choose nine subjects, which include both compulsory and optional subjects
In Sixth Form pupils narrow their studies to four or five subjects at AS level, then three or four subjects at A-level in their final year. As an alternative pupils can choose to study for Scottish Higher qualifications.
Location
Strathallan School is situated on a 153 acre campus in rural Perthshire, about 7 miles from Perth.
Strathallan is within easy reach of the international airports – Edinburgh (45 minutes) and Glasgow (1 hour).