Jordanhill School

Founded in 1920, the school was run by Jordanhill College of Education as its demonstration school until 1988, and was known as Jordanhill College School until that date. Jordanhill is a community, comprehensive school. No fees are paid, and there is no academic selection of pupils. The school has a unique status as a mainstream Grant Aided school directly funded by a grant from the Scottish Government.

It is an all-through Primary and Secondary school serving the local area of Jordanhill, and parts of Broomhill and Scotstoun. The school roll is 462 Primary and 590 Secondary pupils. A history of the school was published in November 2019 to mark the centenary of the school in 2020. In 1939 the School adopted the House System, selecting for the four Houses the names of St John, Crawfurd, Smith and Montgomerie – all of them important in the local history of Jordanhill.

The challenge of creating an appropriate coat of arms was taken on by Mr Whitelaw, former Principal Teacher of Art, whose design embodies the Maltese Cross of St John and a charge from each of the coats of arms of the families Crawfurd, Smith and Montgomerie. Mr Whitelaw’s final design received the approval of the Lord Lyon King at Arms. We aim to develop and promote the abilities and aspirations of all our pupils and staff to the fullest by:

• Delivering excellent learning and teaching to maximise the opportunities for achievements of our children and young people.
• Promoting an ethos of respect, inclusion, equality, communication and kindness to foster success.
• Building effective partnerships between school, home and other stakeholders to ensure we work together for the wellbeing and development of our children and young people.
• Encouraging, strengthening and sustaining links between the School and the wider community as part of our commitment to create confident, responsible, successful, resilient, global citizens.
• These aims were renewed in 2018 by pupils and staff as part of the process of achieving our Rights
• Respecting School Gold Award.

The pupils also designed the School Charter opposite setting out their rights. The charter is prominently displayed throughout the school.