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An artist's impression of how the new centre will look.  Picture: The Glasgow Academy
An artist's impression of how the new centre will look.The Glasgow Academy

Glasgow Academy unveils 'transformative' plan

Local residents are invited to see the proposals

The Glasgow Academy is inviting local residents to a community exhibition next week.

The fee-paying school is proposing to build a sport, music and wellbeing centre at its Kelvinbridge campus.

It says the facilities will be for the use of pupils and the community and describes them as “world class”.

If the plans are given the green light by Glasgow City Council, The Glasgow Academy would “invite external sports clubs and community groups to enjoy the facilities on an ongoing basis”.

Attendees at the community exhibition will get the opportunity to learn about the “transformative proposal”.

Quiet zones

The centre would include a state-of-the-art swimming pool, indoor games hall and outdoor sports pitch, suitable for a variety of sports and activities.

The school describes the facilities as "world class".
The school describes the facilities as "world class".

The proposals include the creation of safe social areas, flexible learning spaces, musical instrument practice rooms and quiet zones.

Matthew Pearce, rector at The Glasgow Academy, said: “The Glasgow Academy is immensely proud of its sporting tradition, empowering children and offering the widest possible range of ways to stay physically and mentally healthy.

We are looking forward to sharing our vision with the wider community that has been designed to create opportunities for our pupils and the wider West End community, that we already have a great relationship with.

Matthew Pearce

"We have a transformative opportunity to enhance the wellbeing of our pupils, today and long into the future.

“We are looking forward to sharing our vision with the wider community that has been designed to create opportunities for our pupils and the wider West End community, that we already have a great relationship with.”

The community exhibition is open to all members of the local community.


Date: Wednesday June 22

Time: 4pm-8pm

Location: The Glasgow Academy Sports Hall, Colebrooke Street, G12 8HE

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