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ST MUNGO'S ACADEMY LIES in the north‐east of Glasgow and serves both as a territorial school for the Catholic population in its area and as a ‘creaming’ school for Catholic boys from elsewhere in the city. It has an average number of about 1700 pupils, two‐thirds drawn from its own catchment area, and one‐third from other parts of the city. It is important for several reasons. First, as the premier non‐fee‐paying selective boys' senior secondary Catholic school. Second, as being the subject of a curious agreement between the Marist Brothers, who founded and run it, and Glasgow Corporation. Third, as a test‐case for other Catholic schools in the UK. Fourth, as the one stick of ‘sweaty’ gelignite in the powder house of the city politicians.