Hamilton College was founded in 1983 by Charles Oxley. It is as a co-educational Christian independent school for pupils aged 3 to 18. The Nursery opened in 1995 for pupils aged 3 and 4.
Currently the school community has around 650 children and young people in the Nursery, Junior and Senior Schools and around 100 teaching and support staff.
It is set in several acres of grounds adjacent to Hamilton Park racecourse and with stunning views across a golf course, the River Clyde and Strathclyde Country Park.