Glenalmond College (formerly Trinity College, Glenalmond) is a co-educational independent boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, for children aged between 12 and 18 years. It is situated on the River Almond near the village of Methven, about 8 miles (13 km) west of the city of Perth. The school's motto is Floreat Glenalmond ('Let Glenalmond Flourish'). The school is affectionately known as "Coll" by pupils and staff. Trinity College Glenalmond was founded as an independent school by William Gladstone and James Hope-Scott (later Hope-Scott of Abbotsford). It was to be "north of the Firth of Forth, and removed from the vicinity of any large town, a College to be called The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Glenalmond, which may receive and board a large number of youths to eighteen years of age, and also afford a sound Clerical Education to young men destined for the priesthood". Gladstone and his father (Sir John Gladstone) inspected several sites before deciding on a site proposed by the landowner of Cairnies. Once the site was decided upon, John Henderson was commissioned as architect.