Principal's Welcome
At Belmont House School we value every child for the individual that they are and offer a personal educational experience that is second to none. We offer a broad and balanced education of the highest standard, both within and outwith the classroom. This website will give you a flavour of what it means to have the privilege of a Belmont House education, but these pages can only serve to give you a brief introduction to the School. I am confident that it will encourage you to come and visit us for yourself and I would be delighted to show you our School, answer your questions and convince you that Belmont House School is, indeed, an outstanding place to learn.
With one of the smallest average class sizes of any major school in Scotland, academic standards are high and have placed Belmont House amongst the top schools in Scotland . The School strives for success in every area of education and a flexible approach to timetabling allows for varied subject choices, while a wide range of extra-curricular activities allows each pupil to expand their interests and opportunities, laying strong foundations for their future.
Since establishing itself as a fully co-educational school in 2000, the number of girls on the school role is now in excess of 25% of its 350 pupils. With significant numbers of girls in every year, there has been a positive change in the dynamic of the school, and recent years have seen female pupils earn appointments to senior positions of responsibilities within the student body.
In addition to the long-established and extensive programme of activites in the Performing Arts and programme of sports such as rugby, judo, fencing, tennis, cricket, athletics, golf and volleyball, activites aimed specifically at girls have been introduced including dance, netball and hockey.
The School is investing heavily in new state-of-the-art facilities and work has started on Phase 1. This development will house a sports hall, catering facilities, Science Laboratories, IT Suites, Music Suite, Drama Studio and general classroom space housed on two levels. A new management suite was opened in August 2006 providing quality offices and additional classroom space. This facility will greatly enhance the learning and teaching environment for the pupils and the extra space generated will permit improvements to be made in the main building allowing even greater curriculum flexibility.
Belmont House School is focusing on the future with great optimism, an expanding school role and further new facilities as we continue to strive for personal excellence for each of our pupils.