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This is the main news section for Hutchesons’ Grammar School.

Academic Success news stories:

  • Andrew_crusher_s1_crest__3__miniS1 Pupil takes Top Science Prize
    A first-year pupil at Hutchesons' lifted the top prize for the best Science Project in Scotland at the Big Bang Festival at Abertay University on 7 June.
    9 June 2010
  • Sid_sharma_higher_human_biology_miniBiologists are Best in Scotland
    Hutchesons' has been named as "Top School in Scotland" in the 2010 British Biology Olympiad.
    18 May 2010
  • Sam_0197_miniSocial Entrepreneurs are Runners-Up in National Competition
    Budding social entrepreneurs at Hutchesons' have received one of only two 'Highly Commended' awards in the nationwide One Big Idea competition.
    17 May 2010
  • Trudi_davis_miniTrudi is a Global GE Star
    A former Hutchesons' pupil has received a prestigious award for high-achieving students to help defray first-year higher education expenses.
    30 April 2010
  • Ukmt_winners_2010_miniMeeting the Mathematical Challenge
    Four pupils from Hutchesons' won the regional final of the Team Maths Challenge run by the UK Mathematical Trust in March. They go on to compete for the UKMT Team Maths Challenge trophy at the Royal Horticultural Halls,London, on 21 June this year.
    13 April 2010
  • P1010014_miniBig Bang 2010 National Science and Engineering Competition
    Hutchesons' has a long tradition of success in the national CREST (Creativity in Science and Technology) competition and 2010 is no different. Six pupils all won prestigious prizes at the Manchester event.
    15 March 2010
  • Biggars_comp_2010_031_miniPianists and Flautists take Prizes in Biggars Music Competition
    It's clearly a difficult task having to choose between a pianist playing Shostakovich and a saxophonist playing the blues. That was the unenviable task of Michael Bawtree, adjudicator in the Biggars Music Competition.
    26 February 2010
  • Maths_colloquium_feb_2010_010_miniMathematics and Science in the Modern World
    Journalist Simon Singh was one of four speakers who attracted hundreds of pupils from schools across Scotland to attend a colloquium organised by the Maths department on 9 February.
    15 February 2010
  • Scott_griffiths_maggots_miniMaggots to Manchester
    A second-year pupil who won a national competition last year with his 'Magical Maggots' visited the biosurgical company responsible for producing medicinal quality larvae. Scott Griffiths represents Scotland at a national competition in March.
    27 January 2010
  • Marwa_allan_and_natasha_britton_miniNewton's Law of Cooling earns Medal for S5 Pupils
    Two S5 pupils have won a Silver Medal in the British Physics Olympiad Experimental Project Compeition.
    14 January 2010
  • Kelvingrove_art_competition_miniPrizewinners at Kelvingrove
    Three Hutchesons' pupils were awarded medals in the 2009 Glasgow Museums Annual Art Competition.
    2 October 2009
  • Window_into_russia_miniWindow on Russia
    When pupils and guests looked through the Window on Russia on Friday 11 September, they found a complicated, often misunderstood country.
    15 September 2009
  • Jefh6175_miniAcademic Results 2009
    Pupils in S5 performed very well in the 2009 SQA Higher exams, with 62% of all Higher results at 'A' grade and 76% (146 pupils) gaining five or more Higher passes.
    10 August 2009
  • 1587775_mini2009 Annual Prizegiving
    The sun shone brightly on the pupils who won prizes in this year's annual prizegiving at Hutchesons', and on their friends and families.
    29 June 2009
  • Kelvingrove_trip__2__miniMedals for Pupils in Glasgow Art Competition
    Four Hutchesons' Pupils have won awards in the Glasgow Museums' Annual Art Competition for Young People.
    24 June 2009