Belmont House Private School

• Year of foundation: 1926
• Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
• Age of students: 3–18
• Number of students: 300
• Language of instruction: English
• Type of education: mixed school.

When choosing a school, parents are often looking for something special for their child. Belmont House is convinced that the most important criterion for success is acceptance and respect for children: here they value all children as they are. This is made possible by the compact size of the school (no more than 300 pupils) and the class (an average of 12 to 15 pupils). Thus, all children receive personal attention and participation, which is necessary for qualitative growth not only in the academic sphere, but also in sports, music and art, serving as a guarantee of comprehensive development and self-confidence.

The school prides itself on a cohesive, inclusive school community, where pastoral care is combined with a well-thought-out mentoring system; all students will receive their share of recognition and respect with equal opportunities for self-realization. No one will remain for teachers and administration just a line in the exam sheets.

The school's safe and accessible location allows the school to provide quality independent school services in central Newton Mearns. The school is easily accessible from the southern part of Glasgow.

Belmont House was founded in 1929 as a preparatory school for boys. Initially, the educational institution was located in the Giffnock quarter, but in 1934 the school moved to Bruma, to a mansion, where it is located to this day. Since 1977 it has become a comprehensive school, and in 2000 - a school of joint education.

The school's motto, Strenue sed Aeque (translated as "strong but fair"), was introduced by the school's founder, Gerald Arnold Montague Dale, and still underpins the values and life principles the school promotes today, based on loyalty, cooperation, a sense of identity, individuality, respect and responsibility. The school offers all students, without exception, opportunities to realize their potential in conditions of care, respect for religious and ethnic characteristics, understanding that the school path of each student forms the basis for the rest of his life, which makes it especially important to discover talents and skills early.

For more than 20 years, the school has competed for the Duke of Edinburgh Award. In the 2021/2022 academic year, there were 65 students within the walls of the school who were at different stages of passing the sections of the award, 6 students began to the Gold level.

The Duke of Edinburgh Prize is a prestigious award based on several basic principles: volunteering, craftsmanship, physical activity and expeditions (hiking). Students independently go through each stage: as a rule, we are talking about several hours of classes per week for several months.

The award program is subject to the guiding principles: accessibility, voluntariness, personal development, lack of competition, balance of interests, progress. Working within the program requires commitment and dedication, but at the same time it is fun.

Despite the fact that students must act independently, they are under the supervision of coaches, teachers and administrative staff who can help with advice, monitor achievements and contribute to a sound and sober perception of personal progress, proper goal-setting, self-control.

Belmont House School is located in a safe and easily accessible location in the Broome suburb of Glasgow, on the southern outskirts of the city. It can be reached by bus or rail, thanks to Whitekreigs Station.

The school's campus is small but very picturesque, and the building is a cultural heritage site and a monument of history and culture of the national level.

The school does not offer students residency, but may offer a list of accredited guest families. In visiting families, students live in a room designed for 1-2 students, with a bed, a bedside table, a wardrobe for things. Also, the premises are equipped with workplaces for cooking homework, broadband Internet access with Wi-Fi. Meals - three times a day, breakfast and dinner with the host family, lunch - at school.

Belmont House School offers a wide range of extracurricular activities for all students. Depending on the level, we can talk about such sports disciplines as athletics and tennis, badminton, volleyball, rugby and netball, cricket, golf, fencing and judo, running.

In the field of aesthetic development, the school offers two choirs (for junior and senior pupils respectively), two classical music orchestras, a jazz band, a guitar club, a theatre and drama club, an Irish dance group, a chess club, an entrepreneurial club, environmental communities, reggae and LEGO clubs.

Junior high school students are sent twice a year for a week to the Lagganlia Outdoor Centre, where a rich and interesting programme is organised for them, opening up countless opportunities to apply their skills in a challenging, challenging and stimulating environment, under the supervision of professional educators and health professionals. This increases physical competence, training, allows you to put into practice the knowledge gained during training, enriching both the academic and physical component.

The school also organizes regular winter trips to the United States, through the mountains of Scotland, local ski centers; Disneyland and Alton Towers are also popular.

The Art History and Design Department seeks to expand the range of opportunities offered to students for self-expression, which contributes to the increase of self-esteem, facilitates self-realization. Here, each student is encouraged to be given an understanding and awareness of the world of fine art and contemporary design, encouraging the development of research skills, assessment and analysis, communication and presentation abilities.

Belmont House School aims to:

• To encourage students to full and comprehensive disclosure of their own potential, the desire for self-improvement;
• Provide a flexible and individual curriculum that meets the needs of the student;
• Promote awareness, mutual respect and understanding;
• Maintain partnership and camaraderie within and outside the school, in a global community;
• To cultivate a sense of responsibility for the local community, the state, the environment.

The core values underlying schooling at Belmont House School include:

• Responsibility;
• Individualism and respect for the individual;
• Cooperation and partnership;
• Reliability;
• Respect.

School classrooms and laboratories are equipped with all the necessary equipment for conducting classes that meet modern ideas about education: powerful computers with modern software, projection equipment, interactive whiteboards.

The school has a library that provides students with access to modern literature in various fields of knowledge, periodicals and subscription full-text databases.

The school canteen provides students with hot meals in accordance with the approved menu. Snacks and drinks are also available.

Belmont House School strives to establish close contacts with its graduates and the formation of a close and friendly community, regardless of whether the graduate attended school, preparatory classes, a school of joint education. The administration holds meetings of graduates, sends literature and reports on everything that happens in the school, encourages contacts between graduates and current students.

Belmont House cooperates with the East Renfoshire Council, so the kindergarten program is partially co-financed by local governments. In addition, the school allocates a number of places each year for which a scholarship programme is provided to support students who would otherwise be excluded from attending school. The decision to apply for scholarships is made after a means test.

The amount of the scholarship varies quite widely and can be up to 100% of the tuition fee. The scholarship cannot be revoked due to weak academic performance. The amount is reviewed annually or if the financial situation of the family has undergone significant changes.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision