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King James VI foubded Paisley Grammar School by Royal Charter (1576). The charter provided for the building and upkeep of a grammar school, and for the support of a master to educate the boys of the burgh and surrounding countryside. The first building was erected a decade later (1586). It was probably situated on the site of the Chapel of Saint Nicholas, about number four School Wynd. It was a modest building with a thatch and included two rooms. One of which was for the Grammar School, the other for the 'Sang Scuil' or song school providing choristers for the Chapel. This was at the same time as the Scottish Reformation, so the Song School may not have operated very long. The master lived in a room adjoining the building. A memorial stone was placed over the entrance with the town’s arms and the inscription ‘The Grammar Scuil’. The memorial stone can still be seen at the entrance to the present school. Paisley is best knowm today as a pattern, but it is a town in Scotland. It is largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area. The town is situated on the northern edge of the Gleniffer Braes. It was an important center for the manufacture of cloth.
We note a portait of the Paisley Grammar School taken about 1900 scanned from a newspaper and you can see some of the boys wearing kilts. It seems to have been optional. Notice that even at this point it was coeducational, unusual at the time.
Paisley Grammar was a very good school. It was originally private then became a state school and probably up to the 1960s some boys would wear kilts there. There was also a primary school associated with it.
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