[1] The school stands in some 9 acres (36,000 m2) of wooded grounds above the city of Glasgow, backing on to the Cathkin Braes.

[2] Plans were announced in 2013 to make the secondary department co-educational.

Fees for S3 - S6 have been £12,600 per annum,[3] making it the 20th-most expensive school in Scotland.

It was reported in a front-page article in The Herald on 11 June 2014 that the school had called in the administrators after suffering financial difficulties.

Later that day, the school released a statement to say that funds had been secured from parents and governors to allow the school to remain open while refinancing was undertaken.