Glasgow schools 1945 - 1955

[Batfruit]

Hello

Can someone explain the difference between a senior and junior secondary school?

Was St George’s Road , near St George’s cross, a senior or junior secondary?

Was St Gerard’s in Govan a senior or junior secondary?

Can anyone help?

Thanks

[zimmer46]

Here is a wee snippet I found …

"secondary schools were divided into three-year junior secondary schools, leading to no qualifications, and the five year senior secondary schools, leading to the leaving certificate and university entrance."

I am nor sure if it was standard practice, but I know that some junior secondary schools had a selection process at the end of second year whereby the high performing pupils were transferred to senior high for the remainder of their school life and so could go on to do highers etc

St Gerard's was a senior secondary, but not sure about St George's.   If you contact the Archivist at the Mitchell library in Glasgow they have a wealth of info and will be able to tell you.  If you have access to the Mitchell they also have registers etc for many schools.

Andrew

[Batfruit]

Thanks

[Skoosh]

When pupils sat their "Qually!" an S1 or S2 result gained them entry to the local Senior Secondary school  while a J1 or J2 & J3 gave access to a Junior Secondary school. A third school took pupils who had a J4 mark. So their future life was determined by that exam, Senior pupils might get to university if clever enough & family circumstances allowed it. Junior pupils concentrated on technical & commercial subjects. Generally speaking working class kids at that time started work as soon as possible as their mothers needed the bucks! 

Skoosh.