In a College founded by Willliam Gladstone it is only appropriate that the study of Classics should flourish. Latin, Classical Greek and Ancient History are studied throughout the school.

In the 5th Form, pupils are presented for GCSE examinations in Latin and Classical Greek, following the OCR syllabus. Pupils are examined in linguistic skills and read Greek and Roman authors in the original.

At AS pupils are tested in their knowledge of classical Greek Language and their current literary options are Lysias and Homer. At A in the Upper Sixth papers in Latin Verse and Latin Prose offer pupils the opportunity of unprepared translation of Classical Greek Prose and Verse and a chance to deepen and to expand their knowledge of Classical Greek Literature with Homer and Thucydides featuring strongly among current options.

The two full time Classics teachers at Glenalmond share a wealth of experience. Both Oxford graduates, John D Wright has been at Glenalmond 30 years after teaching in Massachusetts and Rome, while George Pounder, a Glenalmond alumnus himself has taught at Ardvreck and Rugby school.

Pupils are encouraged to engage with all aspects of the classics and there are regular out of school visits to Universities and places of interest. Hadrian's Wall and the newly arranged Hunterian collection of Roman artefacts in Glasgow have recently been visited. Every two years a party of about 30 pupils and teachers leave Glenalmond for Rome and the Bay of Naples.

Our pupils are regularly prepared to read Classics at our oldest universities. It occasioned little surprise in the Classics Department that our proposed title for the soon to be published History of the College, was accepted "Alumni Montium"  (Nurselings of the hills, Children of the mountains". Latin at Glenalmond has its place to play, encapsulating as it does our nature and our nurture; as the school song the "Carmen" goes on to say "Floreat Glenalmond, Glenalmond floreat".