Tag: Merchiston Castle School
Tartan Day NYC 2024 – pipe band have their own pilot flying them across...
The pipe band from Merchiston Castle School will fly to New York this week to take part in the parade on Saturday - and they already know the pilot.When they board the plane...
Merchiston Castle to offer co-ed pre-School and Junior School places
Independent boys’ school, Merchiston has announced it will open a co-educational forest Pre-School and Junior School to meet the booming demand for outdoor learning for younger children. Merchiston has a large wooded campus, and The Forest pre-school will...
Two Merchiston Castle teams in the finals of #DigiInventorsChallenge
Two Design and Technology teams from Merchiston Castle School have gained places in the final of the 2021 #DigiInventorsChallenge.This is the scheme which teams up with Glasgow Warriors and the Digital Health & Care...
Merchiston launches new bursary awards
Merchiston Castle School has announced two bursaries covering up to three quarters of sixth form fees.The awards are designed for boys showing ambition and potential, whose financial circumstances would ordinarily prevent them from...
Remembrance Day will be marked at Merchiston Castle School with 100 pipers and drummers
Merchiston Castle School will mark Remembrance Sunday and the centenary of the end of the First World War with 100 pipers and drummers on the front driveway of the school in Colinton.
This was the...
Rugby – Merchistonians field 15 players at international level
Merchiston have fifteen players either involved in rugby up to international level last weekend, or who will compete in under 16s next month.Director of Rugby, Roddy Deans, commented :“For a small school this is...
Merchistonians have a new sponsor
The Merchistonian Club which is a club for former pupils at Merchiston Castle School in Colinton has a new sponsor.The club has joined up with Murray Capital who will fund the kit for sports...
Merchiston Castle School has ‘room for improvement’
Merchiston Castle School, where the day pupil fees are £21,495 per year, requires additional support according to Education Scotland.
The school's Board of Governors with its newly appointed Chair, Gareth Baird, is to work with...
Merchiston Castle School required to address improvements
A recent inspection at Merchiston Castle School in Colinton has confirmed that improvements already identified by the school now need urgent attention according to the report issued today by Education Scotland.
In October 2014 Education Scotland...
Rugby – George Watson’s College, V Merchiston Castle School, U18 Brewin-Dolphin Schools Cup
Watsons survive Merchiston fight back to take the TitleThe second match on the night at BT Murrayfield had a hard act to follow as the U18 teams took the field to compete for their...
Rugby – Dollar Academy v Merchiston Castle School, U16 Brewin-Dolphin Schools Cup
Merchiston Castle take last-gasp win at BT MurrayfieldAn overtime try from Merchiston Castle secured them a one point victory over Dollar Academy in Thursday nights’s U16 Brewin-Dolphin Schools Cup Final. Pairing the U16 and...
Edinburgh tennis academy gets special award
Tennis Scotland Special Award 2013
Merchiston Castle School welcomed Ian Conway, Vice President of Tennis Scotland, to a school assembly last week to present the Tennis Academy with the Tennis Scotland Special Award 2013. He...
Four Merchiston pupils Oxford and Cambridge success
Every year, Merchiston Castle School has an ambitious group of talented pupils, determined to test themselves in the highly competitive Oxford and Cambridge University arena. Normally, a third of the applicants succeed; this year...
Merchiston marks the arrival of Prince George
There was a buzz in the air at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, as the School celebrated the birth of HRH Prince George of Cambridge. A special ceremony took place, which included the blessing of...
