[1] The site of the academy was donated by the Misses Steven of Bellahouston whose generosity also provided the clocktower, and the building was designed by a Bath Street architect, Robert Balde.

[2] The advertisement which announced the opening of the academy described it as a 'Boy's High Class School and Ladies' College'.

For its first nine years, the academy struggled to function privately; this became increasingly difficult with the opening of new schools in the area which were supported by rates and government grants, despite such economies as dispensing with the office and salary of the rector.

In 1962, the modern building in Gower Terrace was opened and took in pupils and staff from Pollokshields Secondary, (a former rival, Albert Road Academy).

In 2005, the school's under-16 football team won both the Glasgow League and Scottish Cup Final at Firhill in the same season.