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Revision as of 22:20, 2 March 2006 by Ike9898 (talk | contribs) (reword intro; basic copyedits)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Jordanhill School is a non-fee paying, non-selective school for pupils from 5 to 18, located on Chamberlain Road in Glasgow. Uniquely among Scottish schools, it receives funding direct from the Scottish Executive rather than the local council, the Glasgow City Council. Although it is regularly categorised as a state school - as distinct from a private fee paying school, it does not fall under the control of the local education authority.
The Jordanhill School consists of a primary school and a secondary school. In the primary school, each year has three classes of 22 pupils, while the secondary school receives an additional 33 pupils from other local primary schools in order to bring the maximum number per year up to 99.
The school regularly tops the list of academic performance for state schools in Scotland. In a recent inspection by the HMI the school received a very good report. Jordanhill School is also renowned for its musical performance, with many of its pupils taking part in the school's numerous orchestras, ensembles and bands - as well as regional and national orchestras.
Jordanhill School has long been at the forefront of integrating IT in education - a fact recognised recently by BECTA through the 'ICT in Practice Award'. It has also been recognised as a 'Centre of Excellence' for the use of interactive whiteboards.
The school is in the process of modernising and expanding the premises in order to replace its aging "huts" which provide classrooms for the school's modern languages and social subject departments, but which are fast becoming a danger to the pupils’ health due to widespread damp throughout the structures. As part of its estates plan, in early 2005 the school bought the sports complex at Laurel Park and acquired a site adjacent to the existing science building to allow for an expansion of facilities in the near future.
The school and its pupils have a very active involvement with the local community - with senior pupils undertaking community service as part of their extra-curricular activities. Each year a committee of senior pupils produce the 'Jordanhill School Magazine' and is a not for profit venture with submissions from pupils (in both Primary & Secondary) and staff. It also records the year’s events from the viewpoint of the pupils, in both article and photographic form. It is professionally published and is sold to the school community. In the 2006 edition of The Times 'Good Schools Guide' the magazine received an exceptionally favourable comment in their assessment of the school.
Jordanhill has a long standing and omnipresent relationship with the colour brown. The main school building itself is brown, as is the school uniform, and an ever increasing proportion of the school's Senior Management Team also possess this as their surname.
The school has recently begun introducing a number of new policies. These include placing limits on the pupils' ability to move to, from and even around the school during their free periods, and the new "personal development plan", or PDP.
The closest railway station is the Jordanhill railway station.