Brief history of the school
Gloag High School is built on a farm donated to the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa by Mr Gloag Whitehead, a Scot who had been given the farm for his participation in World War II. In his will, Gloag had stated that a school should be built on the farm where natives would be taught practical skills. This explains why at the beginning Gloag was an agricultural institute and why even up to date it still has a very strong deliberate bias towards technical subjects. The school was officially opened on 25 March 1964 by Sir Humphrey Gibbs. It was initially a boys only school and its initial enrolment was 125 boys. Its first enrolment of girls was in 2000 and it introduced Advanced Level in 1999.
Location of the school
The school is located in Bubi district in Matabeleland North. It is 82 km North East of Bulawayo. One drives 68 km along the Bulawayo – Harare road, turns left onto a dust road and drives 14km to the school. There is a sign post along the Harare – Bulawayo road that shows the direction of the school. It is situated in the heart of a commercial farming area. The school is owned by the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa. Gloag high school is a boarding school which also accommodates day school students from the local community. The local community lives on subsistence farming which makes it hard for most of them to afford to pay fees and as a result, the school allows them to work on the school farm in lieu of fees.